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James Abdnor (b. 1923) —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., February
13, 1923.
Son of Samuel J. Abdnor and Mary (Wehby) Abdnor.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; school
teacher; athletic
coach; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1957-68 (29th District 1957-66, 24th
District 1967-68); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1965-66; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1973-81; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87; defeated, 1986.
Methodist.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Farmers
Union; Grange; Sigma
Chi; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Arendal, Norway,
January
22, 1904.
Son of Karl August Anderson and Bertha (Broten) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; member of South Dakota
Republican State Executive Committee, 1947-48; Governor of
South Dakota, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1955-64; circuit judge in South Dakota.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in Lake Area Hospital,
Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1990 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment somewhere
in Webster, S.Dak.
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Stephen Emil Anderson (1895-1978) —
also known as Steve E. Anderson —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Hanska, Brown
County, Minn., August
23, 1895.
Son of Goodman Anderson and Emily (Helling) Anderson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; state bank
examiner; South Dakota
state auditor, 1945-50.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Died August 6,
1978 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Riverside
National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.
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Walter Lincoln Anderson (1868-1959) —
also known as Walter L. Anderson —
of Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Sidney, Fremont
County, Iowa, February
19, 1868.
Son of Albert
Raney Anderson and Sarah Jane (Woods) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of
the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; United
Spanish War Veterans; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died in 1959
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Edward Backlund (1893-1978) —
also known as Ed Backlund —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., December
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1953-56.
Lutheran.
Member, Farmers
Union; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in November, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie. |
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Ervin Bader (b. 1920) —
of Roscoe, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Java, Walworth
County, S.Dak., May 25,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; implement
dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1955-60.
Lutheran.
Member, American Legion.
Still living as of 1960.
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Relatives:
Married to Adeline Spitzer. |
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James Edward Bane (1896-1962) —
also known as James E. Bane —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brookings
County, S.Dak., March 20,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; farmer; realtor;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1944,
1956;
Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Brookings
County, S.Dak., September
8, 1962 (age 66 years, 172
days).
Interment at St. Marys Cemetery, Elkton, S.Dak.
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Son of Nils N. Boe (c.1861-1938) and Sissel Catherine (Finseth) Boe
(born 1874).
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Robert O. Burrows, Sr. (b. 1899) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., June 29,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Benton County, 1951.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Son of Herbert Llywellen Case and Mary Ellen (Grannis) Case.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Daniel Walter Conway (b. 1898) —
also known as Walter Conway —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., November
13, 1898.
Son of Daniel J. Conway and Jennie Frances (Conness) Conway.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gilbert Geoffrey Cottam (b. 1873) —
also known as Gilbert G. Cottam —
of Rock Rapids, Lyon
County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Manchester, England,
August
2, 1873.
Son of Rev. Henry Cottam and Eliza Mary (Warburton) Cottam.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; American Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Andrew Daschle (b. 1947) —
also known as Thomas A. Daschle; Tom
Daschle —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak., December
9, 1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1979-87 (1st District 1979-83,
at-large 1983-87); U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 2004.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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James W. Emery (b. 1934) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cheyenne Agency, Dewey
County, S.Dak., January
24, 1934.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
district manager, Black Hills Power and
Light Company; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1985-; appointed 1985.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Rotary; Elks;
American Legion.
Still living as of 1995.
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Relatives:
Married to Elaine Ritchie. |
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John James Exon (1921-2005) —
also known as J. James Exon; Jim Exon —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Geddes, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak., August 9,
1921.
Son of John Exon and Luella Exon.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1964,
1972,
1976,
1988,
1992,
1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004;
member of Nebraska
Democratic State Central Committee, 1964-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1968-70, 1981-83; Governor of
Nebraska, 1971-79; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1979-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., June 10,
2005 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Frank Earl Flynn (1883-1965) —
also known as Frank E. Flynn —
of Forsyth, Rosebud
County, Mont.; White Salmon, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., June 24,
1883.
Son of Robert Flynn and Joan (Fitzgerald) Flynn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Yavapai
County Attorney, 1931-32; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1935-53.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in September, 1965
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April 17,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal
of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American Football
League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke, in
Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Chandler Gurney (1896-1985) —
also known as J. Chandler Gurney; Chan
Gurney —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., May 21,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1939-51.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., March 9,
1985 (age 88 years, 292
days).
Interment at Yankton
Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Albert O. Hamre (1915-1993) —
also known as Al Hamre —
of Willow Lake, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Willow Lake, Clark
County, S.Dak., September
29, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; merchant;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 27th District, 1955-58; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-69; South Dakota
state auditor, 1963-67.
Lutheran.
Member, American Legion.
Died September
13, 1993 (age 77 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Eliason. |
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G. Homer Harding (b. 1925) —
of South Dakota.
Born December
7, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1971-88; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1991-; defeated, 1994.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1994.
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Frank E. Henderson (b. 1928) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., April 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1965-66, 1969-70; circuit judge in South
Dakota, 1975-78; justice of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Still living as of 1993.
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Wesley Herrman (1897-1954) —
of Kadoka, Jackson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., June 12,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; tourist court
operator; insurance
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 48th District, 1949-52.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Hand
County, S.Dak., April 25,
1954 (age 56 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1939
to Helen Groth. |
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Robert William Hirsch (1925-2004) —
also known as Robert W. Hirsch —
of Tripp, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak.
Born October
12, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer; Hutchinson
County State's Attorney, 1953-57; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1957-69 (4th District 1957-66, 14th District
1967-69); resigned 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1972.
Lutheran
Church Missouri Synod. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Kappa Delta; American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died February
24, 2004 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Doris Jean Brosz. |
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., September
15, 1892.
Son of C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for South Dakota, 1921-34; president, People's Telephone and
Telegraph Co.; Governor of
South Dakota, 1937-39; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
American Legion.
The Leslie Jensen Scenic Highway in South Dakota was named for
him.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., December
14, 1964 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) —
also known as Buell F. Jones —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spain, Marshall
County, S.Dak., November
25, 1892.
Son of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1929.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Theta Phi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Florence Bockler. |
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George Stanley McGovern (b. 1922) —
also known as George McGovern —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Avon, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., July 19,
1922.
Son of Rev. Joseph C. McGovern and Frances (McLean) McGovern.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1957-61; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2010.
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Arthur James Moodie (b. 1895) —
also known as A. J. Moodie —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., July 31,
1895.
Son of Arthur A. Moodie and Ann Jane (Johnston) Moodie.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1927-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Earl Milham Mumford (b. 1889) —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak., November
11, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; Miner
County State's Attorney, 1915-18; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1923-24;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932;
member of South
Dakota state senate 12th District, 1933-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial
location unknown.
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March 29,
1942.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leo Albert Temmey (1894-1975) —
also known as Leo A. Temmey —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Onida, Sully
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1894.
Son of Lawrence A. Temmey and Annie (O'Connor) Temmey.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Beadle
County State's Attorney, 1930-35; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1939-43; nominated in primary for
Governor
of South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; major in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1960-72; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in April, 1975
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Merton Baird Tice (b. 1909) —
also known as Merton B. Tice —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bison, Perkins
County, S.Dak., December
7, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Boyd Wales (b. 1873) —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., August
10, 1873.
Son of Prescutt Wales and Phebe (Cunningham) Wales.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924.
Unitarian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American Legion; Knights
of Pythias; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to May Furman. |
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