Dennis Mulligan

  • American

Saga of political bossism in Lexington, Kentucky began with an Irish grocery man named Dennis Mulligan

Dennis Mulligan was an Irish immigrant who became a prominent Lexington grocer and crooked politician notable for graft and political corruption on the local level. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position Organization From To
Surveyor Long Island Rail Road 1835 1837

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1817/03/12 Dennis Mulligan is born on 12 March 1817 in Claurath, Ireland. Born
1821/00/00 Dennis Mulligan becomes an orphan when both of his parents die in the same month in 1821. He will live with a relative until he was seventeen. Life
1834/00/00 At the age of 17, Mulligan immigrates to the United States and immediately goes to Jamaica, Long Island, where he gets a job from the mayor of the city. Employment
1835/00/00 Mulligan works for Moses W Scott, chief engineer of the Long Island Railroad, surveying railroad lines. Working for the railroad, Mulligan arrives in Lexington in 1837. Employment
1839/00/00 Mullidgan leaves the Long Island Railroad, attends night school at Lexington's Phoenix Hotel (razed). Employment
1840/00/00 In the early 1840s, after working for 2 years in the clothing business, Mulligan enters the grocery business, an enterprise he carried on with great success. His store would became the rallying point for the city's Democratic Party. Work Will Morton Tavern Stand Lexington, KY
1843/00/00 Lexington native, Ellen A McCoy marries Dennis Mulligan. They become earnest members of St Paul's Catholic Church. Groom St Paul Catholic Church Lexington, KY
1866/00/00 Dennis Mulligan wins a seat on the city council in 1866. Employment
1872/00/00 Dennis Mulligan buys Maxwell Springs and has Maxwell Place built, an Italianate villa, for his son James Hillary Mulligan and daughter-in-law Mary Jackson Mulligan, 1870-1872. Benefactor Maxwell Place Lexington, KY
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