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This Day in Minnesota History

December 27, 1846

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David M. Clough is born in Lyme, New Hampshire. He settled in Isanti County and served as governor of Minnesota from 1895 to 1899. During his tenure, the state raised four army regiments for service in the Spanish-American War and began building a new Minnesota State Capitol. Clough died in 1924.

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