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

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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

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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

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