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MCNUTT, Samuel
MCNUTT, Samuel. (Londonderry, Ireland, 1825-- ). As a child, McNutt came to New Castle, Delaware. He later graduated from Delaware College and taught in New Castle before moving to Milwaukee where he became an attorney.
In 1854 McNutt moved to Muscatine, Iowa. He taught school and helped issue The Voice of Iowa, the first educational publication published in the state. In 1856 he became the editor of the Muscatine Enquirer. He left Muscatine that year to become associate editor of the Dubuque Herald. McNutt remained in that position three years before becoming editor of the Dubuque Daily Union.
McNutt served as a state representative for six years and as a state senator for four years.
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