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Daniel W. Lawler

American lawyer (1859–1926)

Summary

American lawyer (1859–1926)

Field	Value
image	Daniel William Lawler, 1915 (cropped).jpg
birth_name	Daniel William Lawler
birth_date
birth_place	Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, U.S.
office	30th Mayor of Saint Paul
death_place	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
death_date
successor	Herbert P. Keller
predecessor	Robert A. Smith
termstart	1908
termend	1910
party	Democratic

Daniel William Lawler (March 28, 1859 – September 15, 1926) was a mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Lawler was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and moved to Minnesota in the 1880s. He became a lawyer. He was a Roman Catholic. Lawler was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota 1892, losing to Knute Nelson. As a conservative, he fell out of favor with the State Democratic Party following his gubernatorial defeat. His influence over the party would wane, until in 1898 the now populist and left-wing aligned party would officially condemn him and his political career was, for the time, over. He would remain out of politics until his successful campaingn for mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota in 1907. He served as mayor of Saint Paul from 1908 to 1910. In 1912, he ran for the United States Senate from Minnesota, losing once again to Nelson. He also unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 1916, losing to future United States Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. Lawler was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention that year.

Lawler died in Saint Paul and is buried in Calvary Cemetery there.

References

(September 15, 1926). "Daniel Lawler, Former Mayor of St. Paul, Dies". The Minneapolis Star.
(September 16, 1926). "Daniel Lawler Rites Will Be Held Friday". Star Tribune.
(1904). "History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota". Legal Publishing and Engraving Company.
(August 2, 1896). "FOR LIND AND FREE SILVER".

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