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Casper Drengman Aaker (b. 1883) —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Ridgeway, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, August
30, 1883.
Son of Drengman Aaker and Christine (Ellefson) Aaker.
Republican. Lawyer; organizer, Trinity Hospital,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota,
1940.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank R. Aikens (b. 1855) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1855.
Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial legislature, 1887-89; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1889; district judge in South
Dakota, 1889-94.
In 1891, when affluent Easterners came to South Dakota to live in a
hotel for 90 days, so as to be eligible for the state's easy divorce
law, he ruled that hotel guests were not bona fide South Dakota
residents, disrupting the divorce plans of a number of celebrities.
Later that year, a committee of Sioux Falls ministers accused
the judge of drunkenness
and licentiousness.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fremont Amidon (1856-1937) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Clymer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
17, 1856.
Son of John Smith Amidon and Charlotte A. (Curtis) Amidon.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1896-1928; took senior status
1928.
Died, from tuberculosis
and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
26, 1937 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Ryum Amlie (1897-1973) —
also known as Thomas R. Amlie —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Griggs
County, N.Dak., April 17,
1897.
Son of Paul William Amlie and Julia (Ryum) Amlie.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1931-33, 1935-39.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
22, 1973 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
Memory Gardens, Madison, Wis.
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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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Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., April 29,
1862.
Son of Alfred
Walstein Bangs and Alena Baker (Stiles) Bangs.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co., Northern States Power
Co., and Occidental Life
Insurance Co.; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
Died February
22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) —
also known as William H. H. Beadle —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born, in a log
cabin at Howard, Parke
County, Ind., January
1, 1838.
Son of James Ward Beadle and Elizabeth (Bright) Beadle.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Republican National Committee from Dakota
Territory, 1872-; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota
Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86; president,
Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
15, 1915 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Granville Gaylord Bennett (1833-1910) —
also known as G. G. Bennett —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born near Bloomingburg, Fayette
County, Ohio, October
9, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1865-67; member of Iowa state
senate, 1867-71; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1875-78; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1879-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1900.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., June 28,
1910 (age 76 years, 262
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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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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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Son of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law
professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Norton Franklin Brand (b. 1869) —
also known as Norton F. Brand —
of Grandin, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., May 5,
1869.
Lawyer; pastor; U.S.
Consul in Salina Cruz, 1917-18; Fernie, 1918-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
23, 1830.
Lawyer; in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard and lost both
feet; member
Dakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-66; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1905
(age about
74 years).
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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John Burke (1859-1937) —
of Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa, February
25, 1859.
Son of John Burke and Mary (Ryan) Burke.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1893-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1907-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1912;
Treasurer of the United States, 1913-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Dakota, 1924;
justice
of North Dakota state supreme court, 1925-37; chief
justice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1935-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died May 14,
1937 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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Thomas Henry Burke (b. 1886) —
of Hardin, Big Horn
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Sheldon, Ransom
County, N.Dak., February
7, 1886.
Son of John Henry Burke and Bridget Elizabeth (Boyle) Burke.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Montana
state senate.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olger Burton Burtness (1884-1960) —
also known as Olger B. Burtness —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Mekinock, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., March 14,
1884.
Son of O. O. Burtness and Mary (Anderson) Burtness.
Republican. Lawyer; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1911-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1916,
1936,
1948;
member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1921-33.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of Norway.
Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., January
20, 1960 (age 75 years, 312
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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Kermit Edward Bye (b. 1937) —
also known as Kermit E. Bye —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hatton, Traill
County, N.Dak., 1937.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 2000-.
Still living as of 2007.
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John Emmett Carland (1853-1922) —
also known as John E. Carland —
of Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1853.
Son of Capt. John Carland.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1885-88; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh
County, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1896-1910; Judge of
U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-13.
Died November
11, 1922 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Guy Carleton Haynes Corliss (b. 1858) —
also known as Guy C. H. Corliss —
of North Dakota.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 4,
1858.
Son of Cyrus K. Corliss and Clarinda M. Corliss.
Lawyer; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1889-98; Dean, Law
School, University of North Dakota.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Cowles (c.1824-1872) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.; Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in New York, about 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1866-68; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1869-72.
Died in 1872
(age about
48 years).
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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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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Charles J. Fisk (b. 1862) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Whiteside
County, Ill., March 11,
1862.
Lawyer; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1907.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Abernethy Gamble (1885-1959) —
also known as Ralph A. Gamble —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 6,
1885.
Son of Robert
Jackson Gamble and Carrie (Osborne) Gamble.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1931-37; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-57 (25th District 1937-45,
28th District 1945-53, 26th District 1953-57).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Died in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., March 4,
1959 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hopewell
Cemetery, Port Deposit, Md.
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Peter Bergenius Garberg (1882-1951) —
also known as Peter B. Garberg —
of Reeder, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Revillo, Grant
County, S.Dak., December
25, 1882.
Son of Gunder Paulson Garberg (1852-1930) and Gunhild (Kjosness)
Garberg (1854-1935).
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1914-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920-23; candidate for North
Dakota state attorney general, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1929-33.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Sons of
Norway.
Died in 1951
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Recaboth
Cemetery, Albee, S.Dak.
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Oscar Sherman Gifford (1842-1913) —
also known as Oscar S. Gifford —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., October
20, 1842.
Son of Ebenezer Gifford (born 1804) and Mary Gifford.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1885; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1889-91.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lincoln
County, S.Dak., January
16, 1913 (age 70 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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Harlan Francis Hagen (1914-1990) —
also known as Harlan Hagen —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Lawton, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., October
8, 1914.
Son of Oluf Hagen and Carrie (Swenson) Hagen.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of California
state assembly, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (14th District 1953-63,
18th District 1963-67); defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Exchange
Club.
Died November
25, 1990 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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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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George H. Hand (1837-1891) —
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August 9,
1837.
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Dakota
territory attorney general, 1866-69; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1866-69; secretary
of Dakota Territory, 1874-83.
Died in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., March 10,
1891 (age 53 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) —
of Elk Point, Union
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck, Burleigh
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Brantford, Ontario,
September
30, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1872-73, 1887-89; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1872-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1872,
1876,
1880
(alternate); Dakota
territory attorney general, 1883-85; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1896.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
24, 1907 (age 61 years, 55
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Nelson Johnson (1850-1909) —
also known as Martin N. Johnson —
of Petersburg, Nelson
County, N.Dak.
Born in Racine
County, Wis., March 3,
1850.
Son of Nelson Johnson and Anna (Selheim) Johnson.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer;
Presidential Elector for Iowa, 1876;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1877; member of Iowa state
senate, 1878; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Nelson
County, 1889; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1891-99; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1909; died in office 1909.
Died October
21, 1909 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Petersburg, N.Dak.
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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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Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph
operator; secretary and
president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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William Langer (1886-1959) —
also known as "Wild Bill" —
of Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Wheatland, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Everest Township, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
30, 1886.
Son of Frank
J. Langer and Mary (Weber) Langer.
Lawyer; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1916-20; Governor of
North Dakota, 1932-34, 1937-39; defeated (Republican), 1920;
removed 1934; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1941-59; defeated (Independent), 1938;
died in office 1959.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died November
8, 1959 (age 73 years, 39
days).
Interment at St.
Leo's Catholic Cemetery, Casselton, N.Dak.
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Powless William Lanier (b. 1885) —
also known as Powless W. Lanier —
of Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn.; Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.
Born in Fulton, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., March 7,
1885.
Son of Isaac Hill Lanier and Ellen (Cooper) Lanier.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1911-12; juvenile court judge in
Tennessee, 1913-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Dakota, 1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1932; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1933-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Sigma.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herschel Lashkowitz (c.1919-1993) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born about 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1954-74; defeated, 1974; Independent candidate for
Governor
of North Dakota, 1960; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1968; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Dakota, 1980.
Died in 1993
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lemke (1878-1950) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Albany, Stearns
County, Minn., August
13, 1878.
Son of Fred Lemke and Julia Lemke.
Lawyer; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1916-20; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1926 (Farmer-Labor), 1940; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1933-41, 1943-50; died
in office 1950; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936;
Union candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., May 30,
1950 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) —
also known as Eben W. Martin —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, April 12,
1855.
Son of Capt. James W. Martin and Lois Hyde (Wever) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15
(at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15).
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., May 22,
1932 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Gideon Curtis Moody (1832-1904) —
also known as Gideon C. Moody —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
16, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1867-69, 1874-75; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1868-69,
1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Dakota
Territory Territory, 1868;
justice
of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1878-83; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-91.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 17,
1904 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Cremated.
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David E. Morgan —
of North Dakota.
Born near Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio.
Lawyer; district judge in North Dakota, 1889; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1901-11; chief
justice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1907.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Moses (1885-1945) —
of Hazen, Mercer
County, N.Dak.
Born in Norway,
June
12, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mercer
County State's Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-33; Governor of
North Dakota, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1945; died in office 1945.
Lutheran.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 3,
1945 (age 59 years, 264
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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Charles T. Murphy (b. 1887) —
of Aurora, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., 1887.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 61st District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (1877-1942) —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Voss, Norway,
April
12, 1877.
Son of Andres R. Nestos and Herborg (Saue) Nestos.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1911-12; Ward
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1928; Governor of
North Dakota, 1921-25; defeated in primary, 1924.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died three days later, in a hospital
at Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., July 15,
1942 (age 65 years, 94
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot, N.Dak.
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Seth Newman (1836-1906) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Russia, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
7, 1836.
Lawyer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1888-90; resigned 1890; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
13, 1906 (age 69 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura F. Newell. |
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George Nordlin (b. 1884) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., May, 1884.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 38th District, 1917-18; member of
Minnesota
state senate 38th District, 1923-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Patrick Daniel Norton (1876-1953) —
also known as Patrick D. Norton —
of Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Mandan, Morton
County, N.Dak.
Born in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., May 17,
1876.
Son of Patrick Norton and Bridget (Dolan) Norton.
Republican. Farmer;
lawyer; superintendent
of schools; banker; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1907-11; secretary of
state of North Dakota, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 3rd District, 1913-19.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., October
14, 1953 (age 77 years, 150
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Minot, 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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Hector H. Perry (b. 1876) —
of Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak.
Born in New London, Waupaca
County, Wis., August
20, 1876.
Son of Ebenezer P. Perry and Caroline J. Perry.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of North Dakota
Democratic State Committee, 1912-16, 1928-36; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1914-16, 1928-31; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Dakota, 1916-24, 1932; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1920; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for North Dakota, 1933-47.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900
to Jennie H. Monty. |
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Richard Franklin Pettigrew (1848-1926) —
also known as Richard F. Pettigrew —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., July 23,
1848.
Son of Andrew Pettigrew and Hannah B. (Sawtelle) Pettigrew.
Lawyer; surveyor;
real
estate business; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1872; member
Dakota territorial council, 1877-79, 1885-86; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1881-83; defeated, 1882;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Dakota, 1904,
1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
5, 1926 (age 78 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Earl Ralph Pomeroy III (b. 1952) —
also known as Earl Pomeroy —
of Valley City, Barnes
County, N.Dak.
Born in Valley City, Barnes
County, N.Dak., September
2, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1981-85; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Edward Purcell (1856-1928) —
also known as William E. Purcell —
of Wahpeton, Richland
County, N.Dak.
Born in Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August 3,
1856.
Son of Joseph Purcell and Johanna (Duggan) Purcell.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Richland
County, 1889; Richland
County State's Attorney, 1889-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Dakota, 1889; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1892,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of North
Dakota state senate, 1906-10; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1910-11; defeated, 1914.
Catholic.
Died in 1928
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Wahpeton, N.Dak.
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George Rice (1854-1952) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Butler
County, Iowa, November
16, 1854.
Son of Orson Rice and Anna Lee (Hawker) Rice.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1883-86; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1885; Dakota
territory attorney general, 1885-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1900;
member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1905-06; South
Dakota railroad commissioner, 1907-13; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 21st District, 1931-34.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died October
14, 1952 (age 97 years, 333
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida Smith. |
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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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James Herbert Sinclair (1871-1943) —
also known as James H. Sinclair —
of Kenmare, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Canada,
October
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; farmer; real estate
business; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1919-35 (3rd District 1919-33,
at-large 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died September
5, 1943 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Cremated.
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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
3, 1922, to Florence Pearl Hunkins. |
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Burleigh Folsom Spalding (1853-1934) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born near Craftsbury, Orleans
County, Vt., December
3, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Cass County,
1889; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1899-1901, 1903-05; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1907; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1924.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., March 17,
1934 (age 80 years, 104
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) —
also known as Lynn U. Stambaugh —
of North Dakota.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., July 4,
1890.
Son of Winfield Scott Stambaugh.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1971 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married 1915
to Enid Ericson. |
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Alfred Delavan Thomas (1837-1896) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born near Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis., August
11, 1837.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1890-96; died in office 1896.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August 8,
1896 (age 58 years, 363
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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