Robert Pratt (December 12, 1845 – August 8, 1908) was an educator and the 18th

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. Pratt was born in

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in 1845. During the

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he served with the

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. Shortly after the war, he relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota where he served as an alderman, member of the park board, and longtime member of the Board of Education. He was also elected mayor in 1894 and re-elected in 1896. Pratt died on August 8, 1908. He is buried in

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in Minneapolis. Pratt School in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis is named after his son, Sidney Pratt, who was killed in the

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Electoral history

* Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1894 ** Robert Pratt 19,666 ** Louis R. Thian 15,343 ** Henry J.O. Reed 4,325 ** Robert H. Hasty 512 * Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1896 ** Robert Pratt 25,401 ** Alexander Thompson Ankeny 16,610 ** Milton O. Nelson 821 ** Elbert E. Stevens 591

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Robert 1845 births 1908 deaths Mayors of Minneapolis People from Brandon, Vermont People of Vermont in the American Civil War Burials at Lakewood Cemetery School board members in Minnesota