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John Sobieski (1842-1927) was born in Poland, but exiled to the USA after his father was executed for revolutionary activity in 1846. He enlisted in the US Army, and fought for the Union in the Civil War (he was severely wounded at Gettysburg) and achieved the rank of Colonel. A Republican, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he introduced a bill for Women’s Suffrage. In 1879 he married Lydia Gertrude Lemen, a prominent campaigner against slavery and alcohol abuse, and the couple dedicated their joint efforts to the temperance and prohibition movements. Sobieski traced his ancestry back to King John III Sobieski of Poland (r. 1674-1696).
