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Norris Conroy Bakke (1894-1973) —
also known as Norris C. Bakke —
of Sterling, Logan
County, Colo.; Mayville, Traill
County, N.Dak.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Mayville, Traill
County, N.Dak., April 19,
1894.
Son of Ole Pederson Bakke and Karina (Erickson) Bakke.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1937-47; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1945-46; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died in 1973
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ole Pederson Bakke and Karina (Erickson) Bakke; married, August
12, 1921, to Esther Newell Banks; married, April 6,
1958, to Mrs. Guy L. Elken. |
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Paul Benson (b. 1918) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Greenville Township, LaMoure
County, N.Dak., June 1,
1918.
Son of Edwin Benson and Anne (Peterson) Benson.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; executive secretary
(1946-49) and administrative assistant (1949) to U.S. Sen. Milton
R. Young; lawyer; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1954-55; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1971-85; took senior status 1985.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 2000.
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Arley R. Bjella (1916-2001) —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak., November
16, 1916.
Son of Asle Bjella and Clara (Bagstad) Bjella.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1960.
Lutheran.
Member, Theta
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
Rotary;
American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 21,
2001 (age 84 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1948
to Beverly Heen. |
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Warren Minor Christopher (1925-2011) —
also known as Warren Christopher; "The
Cardinal" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Scranton, Bowman
County, N.Dak., October
27, 1925.
Son of Ernest William Christopher and Catharine (Lemen) Christopher.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas, 1949-50; special counsel to Gov. Edmund
G. Brown, 1959; deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1967-69; deputy
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1993-97.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981.
Died, from kidney
and bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 18,
2011 (age 85 years, 142
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Coe Isaac Crawford (1858-1944) —
also known as Coe I. Crawford —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born near Volney, Allamakee
County, Iowa, January
14, 1858.
Son of Robert Crawford and Sarah (Shannon) Crawford.
Republican. Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1886-88; member
Dakota territorial council, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1889-90; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1896; attorney for
Chicago & North Western Railroad,
1897-1905; Governor of
South Dakota, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1909-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., April 25,
1944 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Municipal
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Son of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of
Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions;
American Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina C. Knudson. |
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Son of John Johnson and Gudbjorg Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March 10,
1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre (1841-1927) and Jacob Pederson
Sathre (1842-1907).
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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