John M. Gilman

John Melvin Gilman (September 7, 1824 – September 26, 1906) was an American politician and lawyer.

Born in Calais, Vermont, Gilman was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1846. He moved to New Lisbon, Ohio in 1846 and practiced law. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1849 and 1850. In 1857, Gilman moved to Minnesota Territory and settled in Saint Paul. He continued to practice law. Gilman was the Democratic Party nominee for a U.S. House seat in 1859 and again in 1863, losing to William Windom and Ignatius Donnelly.[1] Gilman served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1865, 1869, and 1877. Gilman died at a hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota from a fall caused by a stroke at his home.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ http://www.minnesotalegalhistoryproject.org/assets/Ramsey%20Cty%20Bar-Bench%20(1892).pdf The Bar and Bench of Ramsey County, St. Paul Dispatch, January 1892, p. 22-3
  2. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-John M. Gilman
  3. ^ 'Journal of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Eighth Ohio General Assembly, Vol. XLVIII, S. Medary-printer, Columbus, Ohio: 1850, pg. 3-4
  4. ^ 'Aged Lawyer Dies,' Minneapolis Journal, September 27, 1906, pg. 7
  5. ^ 'Pioneer Minnesotan Dies,' Huron Daily Huronite, September 29, 1906, pg. 3
  6. ^ 'History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota,' Volume 1, Hiram Fairchild Stevens-editor, Legal Publishing and Engraving Company, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1904, Biographical Sketch of John M. Gilman, pg. 175-177