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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) —
also known as Clinton P. Anderson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Centerville, Turner
County, S.Dak., October
23, 1895.
Son of Andrew Jay Anderson and Hattie Belle (Presba) Anderson.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; insurance business; New Mexico
Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico
state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a stroke, in
Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Herbert Anderson (1889-1961) —
of Salem, McCook
County, S.Dak.
Born in Salem, McCook
County, S.Dak., June 5,
1889.
Republican. Farmer;
secretary, Sun Prairie Scandinavian Mutual Fire and Lightning
Insurance Company; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 11th District, 1929-32.
Died January
29, 1961 (age 71 years, 238
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roy Armstrong (1900-1987) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Moville, Woodbury
County, Iowa, December
12, 1900.
Son of Edward Marion Armstrong (1861-1939) and Josephine (Buckholtz)
Armstrong (1869-1920).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1953-60;
secretary, Farmer's Mutual Fire & Lightning Insurance Company.
Died in Moody
County, S.Dak., May 7,
1987 (age 86 years, 146
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Flandreau, S.Dak.
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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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Dana Reed Bailey (b. 1833) —
also known as Dana R. Bailey —
of Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt.; St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Baldwin, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Montgomery, Franklin
County, Vt., April 27,
1833.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Franklin
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state senate, 1871-74; founder of village of Baldwin, Wis., 1871;
built the Matchless Flour Mills
there, and owned three saw mills;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-79; St.
Croix County Commissioner, 1880-82; insurance business; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1890-95.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Beck (b. 1892) —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., March 3,
1892.
Democrat. Insurance agent; mayor of
Greeley, Colo., 1954-55.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March 26,
1893.
Son of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland (1850-1936) and Knut Fjetland
(1852-1950).
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance agent; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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L. G. Gillespie (b. 1875) —
of O'Neill, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), April 10,
1875.
Son of Bennet S. Gillespie and Nellie A. (Van Fleet) Gillespie.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Smith Glidden (b. 1844) —
also known as Daniel S. Glidden —
of Montour, Tama
County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clarendon, Orleans
County, N.Y., February
24, 1844.
Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; insurance business; treasurer, Dakota Territory
Democratic Party.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Josephine Martin. |
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Gustav Holden Helgerson (1875-1965) —
also known as Gus H. Helgerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill., September
25, 1875.
Son of Barney Helgerson and Laura Marie (Larson) Helgerson.
Republican. Hardware
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1909-12;
member of South
Dakota state senate 13th District, 1913-14; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1917-21; insurance business.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July, 1965
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery, Blendon Township, Davison County, S.Dak.
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Relatives:
Married to Blanche Fern Hamilton. |
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Charles Nelson Herreid (1857-1928) —
also known as Charles N. Herreid —
of McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dane
County, Wis., October
20, 1857.
Son of N. Herreid and Tena (Kytle) Herreid.
Republican. Lawyer; McPherson
County State's Attorney; McPherson
County Judge; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1893-97; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1898-1900; Governor of
South Dakota, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1916;
director, Western Mutual Life Insurance Co.; vice-president,
Dakota Central Telephone
Co.; president, Citizens Trust and Savings Bank.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died July 6,
1928 (age 70 years, 260
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Aberdeen, S.Dak.
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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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William Edwin Milligan (b. 1867) —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fingal, Ontario,
April
8, 1867.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1920-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Karl Earl Mundt (1900-1974) —
also known as Karl E. Mundt —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., June 3,
1900.
Son of F. J. Mundt and Rose E. Mundt.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1939-48; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Kiwanis;
Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
16, 1974 (age 74 years, 74
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
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David R. Munson (b. 1942) —
also known as Dave Munson —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April 16,
1942.
School
teacher; insurance agent; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1979-96; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1997-2002; resigned 2002; mayor
of Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 2002-.
Still living as of 2010.
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Harlan P. Packard —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Insurance business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1893-94,
1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Michael Rounds (b. 1954) —
also known as Mike Rounds —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., October
24, 1954.
Son of Don Rounds.
Republican. Insurance and real
estate business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1991-2001;
Governor
of South Dakota, 2003-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jacob D. Steiner (b. 1861) —
of Big Stone City, Grant
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lomira, Dodge
County, Wis., June, 1861.
Republican. Farmer;
president, Evangelical Mutual Insurance Company of Milbank,
S.D.; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 31st District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1890
to Amanda Korte. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Winfred E. Whittemore (1868-1947) —
of Estelline, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
22, 1868.
Son of Josephus W. Whittemore (1832-1889) and Lucy A. (Hoyt)
Whittemore (1844-1930).
Republican. School
teacher; real
estate and insurance business; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1913-14 (29th
District 1907-08, 59th District 1913-14); member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1915-18.
Died March 12,
1947 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Estelline, S.Dak.
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