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  order 24th
  state Minnesota
  office Lt Governor
  term Start 1925
  term End 1929
  governor Theodore Christianson
  predecessor Louis L Collins
  successor Charles Edward Adams
  birth Place Saint Paul, Minnesota
  death Place Winona, Minnesota
  party Republican
  profession lecturer, politician
  spouse Matea E Solem (1894)


William Ignatius Nolan ( May 14 , 1874August 3 , 1943 ), was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota . Nolan served in the U.S. House Of Representatives from Minnesota .

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

Nolan was elected as a Republican to the 71st Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter Newton . Nolan was reelected to the and 72nd Congress and served from June 17 , 1929 , to March 3 , 1933 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the 73rd Congress 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 August 3 , 1943 , at Winona, Minnesota .


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  Title Lieutenant Governor Of Minnesota
  Years 1925 &ndash 1929
  Before Louis L Collins
  After Charles Edward Adams


  Before Walter Newton
  Title US Representative from Minnesota's 5th Congressional District years=1929 &ndash 1933
  After At large on a General ticket: <br> Henry M Arens , Ray P Chase , Theodore Christianson , Einar Hoidale , Magnus Johnson , Harold Knutson , Paul John Kvale , Ernest Lundeen , Francis Shoemaker