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and the conduct of the Civil War. He was arrested on August 14, 1862, by U.S. Marshal H.M. Hoxie for publishing an editorial article that was allegedly disloyal to the government. He was transported from Dubuque to Washington, D.C., and held at the
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in 1843, but initially held several other jobs (teaching, postmaster, justice of the peace) before being admitted to the bar in 1847.
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Constance R. Cherba and Edward E. Deckert, "Mahoney: Political Dissident, Prisoner of State",
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newspaper in 1866, but Mahony sold his share and returned to Dubuque, where he edited the
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During his captivity, he was the Democratic nominee for Congress; he was defeated by
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which was published in 1863. He, Stilson Hutchins, and John Hodnett established the
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Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
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sympathies and wrote articles that negatively criticized
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19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
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Rosscarbery
County Cork
Ireland
Rosscarbery
County Cork
Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa
American Civil War
Rosscarbery
County Cork
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
Jackson County
Copperhead
Abraham Lincoln
Old Capitol Prison
William B. Allison
Dubuque County
Garryowen, Iowa
Jackson County
Bernard, Iowa
Clement Vallandigham
Iowa General Assembly-Dennis Mahony
Dennis Mahony information at CelticCousins.net
Web article on Prisoner of State
Downloadable copy of Prisoner of State
Political graveyard
Categories
1821 births

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