Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota’s first territorial governor (1849–1853), second state governor (1860–1863), and a US senator (1864–1875). Although he directly contributed to the founding and the growth of Minnesota, he also played a major role in removing the area's Indigenous people—the Dakota and Ojibwe—from their homelands.
Courtroom sketch of Mike Weisman and four other defendants: Louis Poses, Frank Bank, “Big Morris” Posnick, and David Posnick. Minneapolis Tribune, May 7, 1920.