Dan Dinneen (October 6, 1870–December 6, 1948) was an American businessman and politician. Dinneen was born in

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. He went to the Decatur parochial schools and to Decatur High School. He worked for the railroad. In 1892, he worked in his family's retail grocery business. In 1911, he sold the grocery business. Dinneen served as mayor of Decatur from 1911 to 1919 and was a

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. He worked for the Illinois State Employment Office and as a mediator for state labor disputes. Dinneen served in the

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from 1935 until his death in 1948. He died at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur, Illinois.'Dan Dinneen, Once Mayor, Dies,' J. Neely Martin, The Decatur Review (Illinois), December 6, 1948, pg. 38

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1870 births 1948 deaths Mayors of Decatur, Illinois Businesspeople from Illinois Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub