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John Miller Baer (1886-1970) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Black Creek, Outagamie
County, Wis., March 29,
1886.
Civil
engineer; farmer; cartoonist;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated
(Non-Partisan League), 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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James Harvey Brown (1906-1995) —
also known as James H. Brown —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak., April 22,
1906.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; vice-chair of
California Democratic Party, 1948-58; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
municipal judge in California, 1964-.
Congregationalist. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 10,
1995 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Quentin Northrop Burdick (1908-1992) —
also known as Quentin N. Burdick; "King of
Pork" —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Munich, Cavalier
County, N.Dak., June 19,
1908.
Son of Usher
Lloyd Burdick and Emma Robertson Burdick.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1942; candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1946; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92; defeated, 1956; died in
office 1992.
Congregationalist. Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from heart
disease, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
8, 1992 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Bohemian
Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
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George S. S. Codington —
also known as G. S. S. Codington —
of Medary, Brookings
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Minister;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-78.
Congregationalist or Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis
in Wisconsin.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Engerud (b. 1868) —
of Lisbon, Ransom
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., February
13, 1868.
Son of Lars Engerud and Christine M. (Bakke) Engerud.
Republican. Lawyer; Ransom
County State's Attorney, 1897; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1904-07; appointed 1904;
resigned 1907; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1911-14.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Benjamin Hanna (1861-1948) —
also known as Louis B. Hanna —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., August 9,
1861.
Son of Jason R. Hanna and Margaret A. (Lewis) Hanna.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-97; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1897-1901, 1905-09; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1902-08, 1925; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1909-13; Governor of
North Dakota, 1913-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1926 (Republican).
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., April 23,
1948 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Minnie Jean Nielson —
also known as Minnie J. Nielson —
of Valley City, Barnes
County, N.Dak.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Daughter of Wylie Nielson and Mary (Stewart) Nielson.
Republican. School
teacher; North
Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1919-26; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1920.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Woodbine
Cemetery, Valley City, N.Dak.
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Frank Edward Packard (1880-1961) —
of Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Renwick, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
18, 1880.
Son of Frank D. Packard and Harriet (Olden) Packard.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
North Dakota state tax commissioner, 1911-18; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1918-20; attorney for Standard Oil Company,
1921-46.
Congregationalist.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
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Cornelius Solomon Palmer (b. 1844) —
also known as Cornelius S. Palmer —
of Jericho, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Underhill, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
2, 1844.
Son of Jonah Ferris Palmer and Chloe (Mead) Palmer.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1880; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1883-88; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1897-98.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Ellison G. Smith —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Noble
County, Ohio, December
5, 1854.
Son of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota
1st Circuit, 1889-1909; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law
professor.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith; married, October
18, 1877, to Anna F. Kirkwood; married, January
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