Rollin Mallory Daggett (February 22, 1831 – November 12, 1901) was a 19th-century American politician, minister, and diplomat. Daggett served a single term as a

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from

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

from 1879 to 1881.

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Daggett was born on February 22, 1831 in Richville, St. Lawrence County, New York. He had served in the Nevada Territorial Council. Later he was the United States Minister Resident to the

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from 1882 to 1885. A member of the

Sagebrush School The Sagebrush School was the literary movement written primarily by men of Nevada. The sagebrush shrub is prevalent in the state. It was a broad-based movement as it included various literary genres such as drama, essays, fiction, history, humor, ...

, Daggett was also a writer. He died on November 12, 1901 in San Francisco, California and was buried at

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(which is no longer open).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daggett, Rollin M. 1831 births 1901 deaths Members of the Nevada Territorial Legislature People from St. Lawrence County, New York 19th-century American diplomats Sagebrush School Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada 19th-century American politicians Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco)

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