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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Mahlon Black | office = Member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature from the 2nd District | image = File:Mahlon T. Black.jpg | caption = Black c.1862 | term_start = September 3, 1849 | term_end = December 31, 1850 | office2 = Member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature from the 1st District | term_start2 = January 7, 1852 | term_end2 = January 4, 1853 | birth_date = October 4, 1820 | birth_place = Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = October 25, 1901 | death_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | resting_place = Oak Hill Cemetery<br/>Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | allegiance = United States of America | branch = Union Army | rank = 35px Captain | unit = 2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company | battles = American Civil War }}

'''Mahlon Black''' (October 4, 1820 &ndash; October 25, 1901) was an American politician and soldier.

Black was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. Black served in the House of Representatives of the 1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1849, the 3rd Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1852, and the 8th Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1857.<ref>[https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11277 Mahlon Black, Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]</ref> Following his time in the statehouse, he was postmaster in Stillwater, Minnesota from 1857 to 1861, and mayor between 1860 and 1861.<ref>[http://www.wchsmn.org/historical-messenger/our-sharpshooting-mayor/ Our Sharpshooting Mayor]</ref>

During the Civil War, he served in the 2nd Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters.<ref>[http://education.mnhs.org/portal/mahlon-black Mahlon Black, Minnesota Historical Society]</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Mahlon}} Category:1820 births Category:1901 deaths Category:People from Hamilton County, Ohio Category:People from Stillwater, Minnesota Category:People of Minnesota in the American Civil War Category:Minnesota Territory officials Category:Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature Category:Mayors of places in Minnesota Category:Minnesota postmasters Category:Union army officers

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