Robert E. Minahan was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Minahan was born on January 27, 1858 in Howard, New York

Howard, New York

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 to Irish

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 immigrants. He moved with his family to Calumet County, Wisconsin

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 in 1860. Minahan graduated from the Oshkosh Normal School

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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, Rush Medical College

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 and the University of Michigan Law School

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. He later practiced both medicine and law in Kewaunee, Wisconsin

Kewaunee, Wisconsin

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 before moving to Green Bay in 1898. Minahan's brother, Victor, was editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette

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and the Appleton Post-Crescent. Another brother, John, was honored by St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College

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 when it named its football

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team's stadium after him. Minahan married Nellie Mulcahy. They would have one son. Minahan passed away in 1935.