George Clay Ginty (February 14, 1840December 9, 1890) was a
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immigrant, politician, and journalist. A
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, he was elected to one term each in the
Wisconsin State Senate
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and
Assembly
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and was founder of the ''Green Bay Gazette'' which still operates today as the ''
Green Bay Press-Gazette
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''—the main local paper of
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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. He also served as a
Union Army
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officer in the
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and a
United States Marshal
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near the end of his life.
Biography
Ginty was born in
Toronto, Ontario
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in 1840.
[ ] He moved with his parents to
Racine, Wisconsin
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in 1853. In 1859, he moved to
Oconto, Wisconsin
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. Ginty later moved to
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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and
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
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. He died in
Madison, Wisconsin
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on December 9, 1890.
[ ] At the time of his death, he was a member of the
United States Marshals Service
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, acting as Marshal of the Western District of
Wisconsin
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.
Newspaper career
Ginty founded the ''Oconto Pioneer'' in 1859
and served as editor and publisher of the paper until 1865. In 1866, he founded the ''
Green Bay Gazette
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and in 1868, he founded the ''Chippewa Falls Herald''.
He later served as editor and publisher of the ''Herald'' from 1870 to 1890. From 1875 to 1878, Ginty was president of the Wisconsin Editorial Association.
Military career
Ginty joined the
Union Army
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in 1864 during the
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as major of the
39th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment on June 3, 1864.
[Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 256] He was mustered out of the volunteers on September 22, 1864.
He rejoined the army on February 23, 1865, as
colonel
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of the
47th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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Service
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.
He was mustered out of the volunteers after this service on September 4, 1865.
On January 13, 1866,
President
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nominated Ginty for appointment to the grade of
brevet
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brigadier general
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of volunteers to rank from September 28, 1865, and the
United States Senate
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confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.
[Eicher, 2001, p. 746.]
Political career
Ginty was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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in 1863 and the
Wisconsin State Senate
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from 1884 to 1888.
He was a
Republican
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