Robert Pratt (mayor) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Captain
Robert Pratt
Order:18th
Office:Mayor of Minneapolis
Term Start:January 7, 1895
Term End:January 2, 1899
Predecessor:William H. Eustis
Successor:James Gray
Birth Date:December 12, 1845
Birth Place:Brandon, Vermont, US
Death Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Resting Place:Lakewood Cemetery
Resting Place Coordinates:44.9364°N -93.2989°W
Party:Republican
Children:7
Mother:Sarah Harkness
Father:Sidney Wright Pratt
Profession:Educator
Serviceyears:1861 – 1865
Rank: Captain
Commands:Company F, 5th VVI
Battles:American Civil War

Robert Pratt (December 12, 1845 – August 8, 1908) was an educator and the 18th mayor of Minneapolis. Pratt was born in Brandon, Vermont in 1845. During the American Civil War he served with the 5th Vermont Infantry. 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.[1] Pratt died on August 8, 1908. He is buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.[2]

Pratt School in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis is named after his son, Sidney Pratt, who was killed in the Spanish–American War.[3]

Electoral history

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Career of Robert Pratt. Minnesota Election Trends Project.
  2. Book: Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Minneapolis. 1908. 569. City Council. Minneapolis (Minn.)..
  3. Web site: Pratt Elementary School. Prospect Park Neighborhood of Minneapolis.