Civic & Political Leadership

They held office, wrote legislation, and guided the public course of a growing community. Today, many of these leaders rest at Glenwood Cemetery — a lasting link between their service and the city they shaped.

John Addison Willard

Municipal Official; Community Leader

Harriet (Gilmore) Barney

Founder, Mankato Garden Club; Visionary of Victory Memorial Highway

Benjamin F. Smith

Minnesota State Senator, Mayor, Register of Deeds, Civil War officer

John T. Williams

U.S. Consul to St. Helens, Presidential Elector, State Senate official

Zina Goodell Harrington

Early civic and legal figure

Uriah Smith Karmany

State Senator, influential political leader

Madison Keene

Early legislator and public official

James A. Wiswell

First Mayor of Mankato (1868), State Legislator, City Attorney

Frederick M. Currier

Businessman and civic leader; served as mayor of Mankato and member of the Minnesota Legislature

Hon. Clifford L. Benedict

Attorney and public official; served as county attorney, state senator, and Mankato postmaster

Charles A. Chapman

First city engineer, county auditor, and longtime civic leader

Major William C. Durkee

District Court Clerk and civic leader; served Blue Earth County with integrity and long-standing public service

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