William Ignatius Nolan (May 14, 1874 – August 3, 1943) was a politician from the U.S. State of

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. He represented the state in the

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. Nolan was born in

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and served in the Minnesota National Guard from 1891 to 1896. He was member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1903 to 1907, 1911–1913, and 1917–1923, serving as speaker from 1919–1923. He was Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 1925–1929. Nolan was the chairman of the Minnesota Reforestation Commission in 1927. Nolan was elected as a Republican to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter Newton. Nolan was reelected to the

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and served from June 17, 1929, to March 4, 1933. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the

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and continued to be an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1934, 1936, and 1938. Nolan resumed his profession as a lecturer. He was elected State railroad and warehouse commissioner in 1942 and served until his death in Winona, Minnesota.

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