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Edward Lincoln Abel (1860-1927) —
also known as E. L. Abel —
of Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.; Bridgewater, McCook
County, S.Dak.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
19, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; livestock
grower; mayor of Bridgewater, S.D.; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1913-15.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1927
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
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James George Abourezk (b. 1931) —
also known as James Abourezk —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wood, Mellette
County, S.Dak., February
24, 1931.
Son of Charles Abourezk and Lena Mickel Abourezk.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1971-73; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1973-79.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Elnathan Benjamin Adams (b. 1881) —
also known as Elnathan B. Adams —
of Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1881.
Son of Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall
River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
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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Frank Anderson (b. 1870) —
of Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
18, 1870.
Son of Iver Anderson and Kari (Ericksen) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1919-21; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1921-25.
Lutheran.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sophie Knudson. |
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Leo Ellis Anderson (1902-1993) —
also known as Leo E. Anderson —
of San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Gettysburg, Potter
County, S.Dak., February
20, 1902.
Son of Laurits Martin Anderson and Leonora (Ellis) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1936,
1940,
1944;
chair
of Los Angeles County Republican Party, 1936-40; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1942-44; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1944;
California
Republican state chair, 1944-45.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Chi.
Died October
20, 1993 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Laurits Martin Anderson and Leonora (Ellis) Anderson; married, November
1, 1931, to Hollis Norris (died 1959); married, February
12, 1961, to Pauline Murray. |
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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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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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Jess Lloyd Angstman (1890-1979) —
also known as Jess L. Angstman —
of Havre, Hill
County, Mont.
Born in Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak., February
25, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952
(alternate); member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1946-48; candidate for Montana
state senate, 1949.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Lions.
Died in October, 1979
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Fulton Aplan (1900-1966) —
also known as Frank F. Aplan —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rushville, Sheridan
County, Neb., May 21,
1900.
Son of Jens Olius Aplan (1860-1935) and Marie (Lenagh) Aplan
(1870-1959).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Stanley
County Attorney; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 54th District, 1931-32;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Norwegian,
Irish,
French
Canadian, and Sioux
Indian ancestry.
Died in Rushville, Sheridan
County, Neb., January
3, 1966 (age 65 years, 227
days).
Interment at Fair View Cemetery, Rushville, Neb.
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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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Theodore Mead Bailey (1888-1949) —
also known as T. M. Bailey —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), January
14, 1888.
Son of Charles Olin Bailey and Mary Emma (Swan) Bailey.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1921-22;
member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1925-26; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1949 (age 61 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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John H. Baldwin (b. 1851) —
of Jonesboro, Grant
County, Ind.; St. Lawrence, Hand
County, S.Dak.; Frazee, Becker
County, Minn.
Born near Jonesboro, Grant
County, Ind., 1851.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 63rd District, 1915-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank D. Bangs (1878-1935) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., June 19,
1878.
Son of Alfred
Walstein Bangs and Sara Della (Plowman) Bangs (1841-1926).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1935; died
in office 1935.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died December
23, 1935 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Charles P. Bates (1858-1920) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born December
4, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Minnehaha County Republican Party, 1894; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1909-10.
Died in 1920
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Richard Howard Battey (b. 1929) —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak., October
16, 1929.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1985-99; took senior status 1999.
Still living as of 1999.
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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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Axel John Beck (1894-1981) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Sweden,
May 6,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1958-69; took senior status 1969.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak., September
2, 1981 (age 87 years, 119
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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M. Plin Beebe (1881-1941) —
of Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sandusky, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., September
7, 1881.
Son of Marcus
P. Beebe and Leota (Fuller) Beebe.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 37th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died August 9,
1941 (age 59 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Conklin. |
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Willis E. Benedict (1858-1917) —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wisconsin, July 16,
1858.
Son of Hiram F. Benedict and Lydia A. (Thompson) Benedict.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 41st District, 1899-1900; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 43rd District, 1901-02.
Died in 1917
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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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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Lewis Benson (b. 1873) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Norway,
January
12, 1873.
Son of B. T. Benson and Valborg (Tjorn) Benson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 21st District, 1915-20; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of South
Dakota state senate 17th District, 1923-26.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Iva Minier. |
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Ellis Yarnal Berry (1902-1999) —
also known as E. Y. Berry —
of McLaughlin, Corson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Larchwood, Lyon
County, Iowa, October
6, 1902.
Son of William S. Berry and Kitty (Teghtmeyer) Berry.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1939-42; Presidential Elector
for South Dakota, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1951-71; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., April 1,
1999 (age 96 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Frank Biegelmeier (1901-1988) —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., September
9, 1901.
Son of Frank Biegelmeier and Marie (Blazek) Biegelmeier.
Lawyer; Yankton
County State's Attorney, 1931-34; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1959-73; justice of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1973-74.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died March 27,
1988 (age 86 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maude McKenna. |
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Don A. Bierle (1926-2001) —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born June 20,
1926.
Republican. Newspaper
sports
editor; lawyer; Yankton
County State's Attorney; Yankton
County Judge; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1971-74.
Died October
12, 2001 (age 75 years, 114
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Andrew Wendell Bogue (b. 1919) —
of Turner
County, S.Dak.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Turner
County State's Attorney, 1952-54; district judge in South Dakota
2nd District, 1967-70; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1970-85; took senior status 1985.
Still living as of 1985.
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Joseph Henry Bottum (1853-1946) —
also known as Joseph H. Bottum —
of Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
26, 1853.
Son of Henry Clay Bottum (1826-1910) and Helen Mariah (Burnham)
Bottum (1830-1913).
Republican. Lawyer; Faulk
County Register of Deeds, 1883; Faulk
County State's Attorney, 1890-94; member of South
Dakota state senate 35th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04.
Died in Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak., June 19,
1946 (age 92 years, 266
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Clay Bottum (1826-1910) and Helen Mariah (Burnham) Bottum
(1830-1913); married, June 2,
1885, to Silvia Grace Smith (1864-1956); father of Joseph
Henry Bottum (1903-1984). |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Joseph Henry Bottum (1903-1984) —
also known as Joe H. Bottum —
of Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak., August 7,
1903.
Son of Joseph
Henry Bottum (1853-1946) and Silvia Grace (Smith) Bottum
(1864-1956).
Republican. Lawyer; Faulk
County State's Attorney, 1933-36; South Dakota director of
taxation, 1937-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Dakota, 1940
(alternate), 1952;
nominated in primary for Governor of
South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; member of South Dakota
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1962-63.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., July 4,
1984 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Rudi M. Brewster (b. 1932) —
of California.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., 1932.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1984-98;
took senior status 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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N. P. Bromley (b. 1855) —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rutland
County, Vt., 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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James Brown (b. 1858) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland,
October
12, 1858.
Son of Matthew Brown and Agnes (Longmuir) Brown.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Brule
County Judge, 1897-1901; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1927-31.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Brown and Agnes (Longmuir) Brown; married, November
10, 1886, to Jessie Benton Schuyler (died 1912); married 1915 to Martha
Barber. |
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Charles J. Buell (1865-1938) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., November
1, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1892;
Pennington
County State's Attorney, 1903-06; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1919-24;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died July 23,
1938 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William John Bulow (1869-1960) —
also known as William J. Bulow —
of Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak.
Born near Moscow, Clermont
County, Ohio, January
13, 1869.
Son of Joseph Bulow and Elizabeth (Ebendorf) Bulow.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 1st District, 1899-1900; Union
County Judge, 1918; Governor of
South Dakota, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1928;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1960 (age 91 years, 44
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Cemetery, Beresford, S.Dak.
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Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) —
also known as N. D. Burch —
of Boyd
County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., June 17,
1871.
Son of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch.
Republican. Lawyer; Boyd
County Attorney, 1903-07; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26;
judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died in
office 1931.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died March 18,
1931 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Burke (1861-1944) —
also known as Charles H. Burke —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 1,
1861.
Son of Walter Burke and Sarah T. (Beckwith) Burke.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
investor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1895-98; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1899-1907, 1909-15 (at-large
1899-1907, 1909-13, 2nd District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1914; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1921-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1944 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
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Edward Raymond Burke (1880-1968) —
also known as Edward R. Burke —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Runningwater, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., November
28, 1880.
Son of Patrick Dorsey Burke and Mary (Nolan) Burke.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1935-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., November
4, 1968 (age 87 years, 342
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Harlan John Bushfield (1882-1948) —
also known as Harlan J. Bushfield —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, August 6,
1882.
Son of John A. Bushfield and Cora (Pearson) Bushfield.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
South Dakota, 1939-43; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., September
27, 1948 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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Clarence Carey Caldwell (1877-1957) —
also known as Clarence C. Caldwell —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1877.
Son of George Caldwell and Mary E. (Draper) Caldwell.
Republican. Lawyer; Miner
County State's Attorney, 1907-08, 1911-14; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1915-19.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1957
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1964) —
also known as Dwight Campbell —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, November
5, 1887.
Son of Frank Ezra Campbell and Cornelia (Bell) Campbell.
Republican. Lawyer; represented railroads
in the Dakotas; member of South
Dakota state senate 35th District, 1923-24; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1925-37.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died June 15,
1964 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment somewhere
in Groton, S.Dak.
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Frank E. Campbell —
of Groton, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 33rd District, 1901-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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U. S. G. Cherry (b. 1863) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lewistown, Logan
County, Ohio, December
2, 1863.
Son of Amos Cherry and Elizabeth (Smith) Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1896; candidate for justice of
South Dakota state supreme court, 1904; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1920, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Andrew Christopherson (1871-1951) —
also known as Charles A. Christopherson —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Amherst, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 23,
1871.
Son of Knudt Christopherson and Julia (Nelson) Christopherson.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1913-16; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1919-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., November
2, 1951 (age 80 years, 102
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Samuel Wesley Clark (b. 1872) —
also known as S. Wesley Clark —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Platteville, Grant
County, Wis., December
28, 1872.
Son of Samuel Pliny Clark and Elizabeth Dennison (Huntington) Clark.
Republican. Lawyer; Spink
County State's Attorney, 1900-04; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1907-11; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1921-26.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Pliny Clark and Elizabeth Dennison (Huntington) Clark;
married 1900
to Daisy Labrie (died 1915); married 1919 to Essie
Eggler. |
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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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Willis Clifford Cook (1874-1942) —
also known as Willis C. Cook —
of Plankinton, Aurora
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Gratiot, Lafayette
County, Wis., October
5, 1874.
Son of Alfred Cook and Sarah (Cole) Cook.
Republican. Lawyer; Aurora
County Judge, 1900-02; member of South
Dakota state senate 13th District, 1905-08; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1906-12; member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1916-20; U.S. Minister to
Venezuela, 1921-29.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1942
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
to Mary Butler Miller. |
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Dighton Corson (1827-1915) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canaan, Somerset
County, Maine, October
21, 1827.
Son of Nancy (Tuttle) Corson (1787-1863) and Isaac Corson.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1858; Milwaukee
County District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st Judicial
District of Nevada; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913.
Died in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., May 7,
1915 (age 87 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Hoffman. |
| | | Corson County,
S.Dak. is named for him. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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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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George Jonathan Danforth (1875-1952) —
also known as George J. Danforth —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Meeme, Manitowoc
County, Wis., November
21, 1875.
Son of Quincy A. Danforth and Gertrude (Silbernagel) Danforth.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1910-11; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1919-22; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1930, 1938.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March 30,
1952 (age 76 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Frank Edward Denholm (b. 1923) —
also known as Frank E. Denholm —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Scotland Township, Day
County, S.Dak., November
29, 1923.
Democrat. Farmer; auctioneer;
trucking
business; Day
County Sheriff, 1950-52; FBI
agent; lawyer; university
lecturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1971-75.
Still living as of 1998.
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Charles Hall Dillon (1853-1929) —
also known as Charles H. Dillon —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Jasper, Dubois
County, Ind., December
18, 1853.
Son of Mathew B. Dillon and Mary A. (Stewart) Dillon.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1903-10; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1913-19; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1923-26;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Died in Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
15, 1929 (age 75 years, 271
days).
Interment at Yankton
Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Owen Joseph Donley (d. 1995) —
also known as Owen J. Donley —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.; Alexandria,
Va.; Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County State's Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960;
chief of staff to U.S. Sen. George
McGovern, 1963-71; also worked on the Senator's campaigns for
U.S. Senate and President.
Catholic.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., June 20,
1995.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1954
to Mary Carole Scott (died 1982); married 1992 to Martha
Anne Meek; father of Kerry
J. Donley. |
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Ray E. Dougherty (b. 1895) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, July 11,
1895.
Son of William J. Dougherty and Sarah Ann (Judkins) Dougherty.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; candidate for South
Dakota state attorney general, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph A. Dunham (b. 1906) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1951-55.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Sumner Eastman (1864-1939) —
also known as Charles S. Eastman —
of Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Primrose, Dane
County, Wis., January
23, 1864.
Son of Dean Henry Eastman (1835-1914) and Ellen Alice (Buchanan)
Eastman (1841-1923).
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; Fall
River County Sheriff, 1897-1900; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 44th District, 1907-08; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1928.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., August
26, 1939 (age 75 years, 215
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Olaf Eidem (b. 1875) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 23,
1875.
Son of Thomas Eidem and Randi (Hoffstad) Eidem.
Republican. Lawyer; Brookings
County State's Attorney, 1906-10; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1926-34.
Lutheran.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Douglas Elliott (b. 1859) —
also known as James D. Elliott —
of Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Brown
County, Ill., October
7, 1859.
Son of William Elliott and Mary (McPhail) Elliott.
Republican. Lawyer; Bon
Homme County State's Attorney, 1887-91; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1896; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1897-1907; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1911-.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Harrison Elrod (1856-1935) —
also known as Samuel H. Elrod —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coatesville, Hendricks
County, Ind., May 1,
1856.
Son of Jesse F. Elrod and Lydia (Pursel) Elrod.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
Governor
of South Dakota, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1916,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1932.
Methodist.
Died July 13,
1935 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Leroy Farrar (b. 1929) —
also known as Frank L. Farrar —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak., April 2,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1963-69; Governor of
South Dakota, 1969-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1994.
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Henry B. Farren (1848-1905) —
of Elvira Township, Buffalo
County, S.Dak.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
4, 1848.
Son of James L. Farren.
Republican. Carpenter;
lawyer; Buffalo
County State's Attorney; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 16th District, 1903-04.
Died March 5,
1905 (age 56 years, 121
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Gann Valley, S.Dak.
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Edmund Walter Fiske (b. 1874) —
also known as E. W. Fiske —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in London, Ontario,
of American parents, April 12,
1874.
Son of Romanzo Eliot Fiske and Mary Ann (Lince) Fiske.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1919-21.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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August Frieberg (1863-1932) —
of Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sweden,
December
7, 1863.
Son of Lars Peter Gustafson Frieberg (1834-1924) and Anna Kathrina
(Johnson) Frieberg (1837-1899).
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Beresford, S.D., 1898; member of
South
Dakota state senate 1st District, 1903-06; vice-president,
Security State Bank.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Union
County, S.Dak., May 16,
1932 (age 68 years, 161
days).
Interment at Beresford Cemetery, Beresford, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Lars Peter Gustafson Frieberg (1834-1924) and Anna Kathrina
(Johnson) Frieberg (1837-1899); married, January
1, 1901, to Mathilda Hammer; brother of John
Frieberg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Howard G. Fuller —
of Eldora, Hardin
County, Iowa; South Dakota.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
School
teacher and principal; Hardin
County Superintendent of Schools, 1883-86; lawyer; circuit
judge in South Dakota, 1889-94; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1894-1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria Leonard. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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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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Robert Jackson Gamble (1851-1924) —
also known as Robert J. Gamble —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Akron, Genesee
County, N.Y., February
7, 1851.
Son of Robert Gamble and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-13.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
22, 1924 (age 73 years, 228
days).
Interment at Yankton
Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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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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John Howard Gates (1865-1927) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
26, 1865.
Son of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Died November
8, 1927 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Wilbur S. Glass (b. 1852) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 27,
1852.
Son of Chester F. Glass (died 1872) and Mary (Brown) Glass (died
1897).
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1895-1900,
1907-08; U.S. Consul in Kehl, 1897-98.
Congregationalist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas M. Goddard (b. 1846) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa; Shiloh, Sully
County, S.Dak.
Born near Troy, Davis
County, Iowa, November
24, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; stockman; Sully
County State's Attorney; Sully
County Judge; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 25th District, 1897-1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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W. C. Graybill (b. 1851) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
24, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; Brule
County Register of Deeds, 1891-92; receiver, U.S. Land Office at
Chamberlain, S.D., 1894-98; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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George Barnes Grigsby (1874-1962) —
also known as George B. Grigsby —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), December
2, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1908-10; mayor of
Nome, Alaska, 1914; Alaska
territory attorney general, 1916-19; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1920-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1924.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., May 9,
1962 (age 87 years, 158
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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Addison E. Haley (b. 1844) —
of Kennebunk, York
County, Maine; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, February
17, 1844.
Son of Joseph A. Haley and Sarah J. (Roberts) Haley.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1873.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph A. Haley and Sarah J. (Roberts) Haley; married, March 9,
1870, to Carrie M. Cone (died 1882); married to Marie S.
Richards. |
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Peirson Mitchell Hall (1894-1979) —
also known as Peirson M. Hall —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Armour, Douglas
County, S.Dak., July 31,
1894.
Son of Robert A. Hall (1851-1895) and Mary M. (Cripps) Hall
(1865-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1932,
1940
(alternate); U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1933-37; secretary of
California Democratic Party, 1936; superior court judge in
California, 1939-42; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1942-66;
U.S.
District Judge for the Central District of California, 1966-68;
took senior status 1968; senior judge, 1968-79.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in California, December
8, 1979 (age 85 years, 130
days).
Interment at Fort
Calhoun Cemetery, Fort Calhoun, Neb.
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Philo Hall (1865-1938) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wilton, Waseca
County, Minn., December
31, 1865.
Son of Philo Hall (died 1883) and Mary E. (Greene) Hall.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Brookings, S.Dak., 1894-95; Brookings
County State's Attorney, 1895-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 20th District, 1901-02; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1903-07; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1907-09; Presidential
Elector for South Dakota, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., October
7, 1938 (age 72 years, 280
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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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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Dick Haney (b. 1852) —
of Lansing, Allamakee
County, Iowa; Plankinton, Aurora
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lansing, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
10, 1852.
Son of John Haney and Fanny (Hemmingway) Haney.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-96; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1896-1913; member
of South
Dakota state senate 21st District, 1925-26.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta
Theta Pi; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Haney and Fanny (Hemmingway) Haney; married, January
22, 1876, to Roxie W. Doe (died 1907); married, September
14, 1909, to Florence May Tredway. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Connor T. Hansen (b. 1913) —
of Eau Claire, Eau Claire
County, Wis.
Born in Freeman, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., November
1, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert C. Hayes (b. 1864) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence
County State's Attorney, 1895-96, 1899-1900; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 48th District, 1903-04;
member of South
Dakota state senate 39th District, 1915-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (b. 1970) —
also known as Stephanie Herseth —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Houghton, Brown
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1970.
Daughter of Ralph
Lars Herseth.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2004-; defeated, 2002,
2010.
Female.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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William Washington Howes (1887-1962) —
also known as W. W. Howes —
of Wolsey, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tomah, Monroe
County, Wis., February
16, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1917-18; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1920; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1923; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Dakota, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924,
1940;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term.
W. W. Howes Airport in Huron, S.D. (now Huron Regional Airport) was
named
for him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
15, 1962 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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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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Edwin Stockton Johnson (1857-1933) —
also known as Edwin S. Johnson —
of Armour, Douglas
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born near Spencer, Owen
County, Ind., February
26, 1857.
Son of Allison C. Johnson and Emily J. (Brenton) Johnson.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; banker;
lawyer; Douglas
County State's Attorney, 1893; member of South
Dakota state senate 8th District, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1912; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1915-21.
Died July 19,
1933 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Ridge Cemetery, Armour, S.Dak.
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Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) —
also known as Royal C. Johnson —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, October
3, 1882.
Son of Eli Johnson and Philena (Everett) Johnson.
Republican. Lawyer; Hyde
County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died August 2,
1939 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Timothy Peter Johnson (b. 1946) —
also known as Tim Johnson —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1979-82; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1983-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1987-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1997-.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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William V. Kane (1870-1948) —
of International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn.
Born in Isle, Mille Lacs
County, Minn., December
27, 1870.
Son of Patrick Kane (1820-1911) and Ann (O'Neill) Kane (1832-1887).
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1912.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn., April 7,
1948 (age 77 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 12,
1913, to Aurelia Van Vleck Green (1886-1960). |
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Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Beard Kittredge (1861-1911) —
also known as A. B. Kittredge —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., March 28,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1889-92; member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-09.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 4,
1911 (age 50 years, 37
days).
Interment at Conant
Cemetery, Jaffrey, N.H.
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James M. Lawson —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1893-94; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1893-94; member
of South
Dakota state senate 33rd District, 1899-1906; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1901-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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A. F. LeClaire —
of Bowdle, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 36th District, 1901-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Orrin Lovre (1904-1972) —
also known as Harold O. Lovre —
of Hayti, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Toronto, Deuel
County, S.Dak., January
30, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 14th District, 1941-44; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1949-57; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
17, 1972 (age 67 years, 352
days).
Interment at Parklawn
Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., 1878.
Son of Rev. Charles H. Lundeen and Christina (Peterson) Lundeen.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Minnesota state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash of
a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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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L. J. Martin —
of Howard, Miner
County, S.Dak.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 17th District, 1901-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Wallace McCarter (1872-1939) —
also known as James W. McCarter —
of Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Jarvis, Ontario,
July
29, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in South Dakota, 1910-13;
candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in 1939
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Henry McCoy (b. 1855) —
also known as James H. McCoy —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.; Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oakley, Macon
County, Ill., July 14,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Secret
Service agent; Marshall
County Auditor, 1887-88; county judge in South Dakota, 1889-93;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1902-09; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1909-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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John E. McDougall (b. 1860) —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Prince
Edward Island, February
24, 1860.
Republican. Stockman;
lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 32nd District, 1901-02;
member of South
Dakota state senate 32nd District, 1903-04; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1905-07.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John T. Medin (b. 1875) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in St. Angsar, Mitchell
County, Iowa, February
20, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in South Dakota, 1908-19;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1919-; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark V. Meierhenry (born c.1945) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born about 1945.
Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1979-87.
Still living as of 2000.
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George Theodore Mickelson (1903-1965) —
also known as George T. Mickelson —
of Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak., July 23,
1903.
Son of George M. Mickelson and Emma L. (Craig) Mickelson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1937-42 (40th District
1937-38, 39th District 1939-42); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1941-42; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
South Dakota, 1947-51; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1953-.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks.
Died February
28, 1965 (age 61 years, 220
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, 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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James C. Moody (b. 1863) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., 1863.
Son of Gideon
Curtis Moody.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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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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Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) —
also known as Byron S. Payne —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1876.
Son of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926).
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen of America; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Sons
of Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) —
also known as Jason E. Payne —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1874.
Son of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926).
Republican. Lost his
right arm as a youth, in an accident with a runaway team of
horses; college
instructor; lawyer; law
professor; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1903-06.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
An enraged litigant, Ozzie Kirby, tried to
kill him in in 1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's law
partner.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and died several weeks later as a result, in a hospital
at Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
11, 1941 (age 67 years, 232
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Spencer Payne (1839-1925) and Charlotte Elizabeth
(Woodworth) Payne (1846-1926); married, July 20,
1905, to Iwae E. Sheppard; brother of Byron
Samuel Payne. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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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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George Philip (b. 1880) —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fort Augustus, Scotland,
July
16, 1880.
Son of Robert Philip and Catherine (McLaren) Philip.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1934-47.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Samuel Cleland Polley (b. 1864) —
also known as Samuel C. Polley —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winnebago Valley, Houston
County, Minn., January
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence
County State's Attorney, 1901; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1909-13; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1913-47.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Spearfish, S.Dak.
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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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Titus E. Price (1865-1910) —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Solon, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
18, 1865.
Republican. Farmer;
lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1901-04, 1907-08
(25th District 1893-94, 3rd District 1901-04, 1907-08).
Died November
26, 1910 (age 45 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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Henry Robertson (b. 1859) —
of Dell Rapids, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Barrington, Nova
Scotia, March 18,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Dell Rapids, S.D.; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1903-06.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Peter J. Rogde (b. 1864) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lee
County, Ill., February
4, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1895-96; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Martin E. Rudolph (b. 1853) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
11, 1853.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; Lincoln
County State's Attorney; member of South
Dakota state senate 5th District, 1903-04.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Claudia Shedd. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Emmett C. Ryan (b. 1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
30, 1887.
Son of Samuel B. Ryan and Harriet A. (Nee) Ryan.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1922; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1937-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Isabel M. Leutwein. |
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John F. Schrader (b. 1855) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
2, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 39th District, 1903-04; Presidential Elector
for South Dakota, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Charles X. Seward (b. 1856) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marengo, McHenry
County, Ill., January
11, 1856.
Lawyer; mayor
of Watertown, S.Dak.; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891-92, 1901-02 (31st
District 1891-92, 28th District 1901-02); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1891-92; member
of South
Dakota state senate 28th District, 1909-10; circuit judge in
South Dakota 3rd Circuit, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Merrell Quentin Sharpe (1888-1962) —
also known as M. Q. Sharpe —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marysville, Marshall
County, Kan., January
11, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1929-33; Governor of
South Dakota, 1943-47; candidate in inconclusive primary 1942;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1952.
Lake Sharpe, created by the Big Bend Dam, is named for
him.
Died in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1962 (age 74 years, 11
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Oacoma, S.Dak.
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Carl G. Sherwood (b. 1855) —
of Clark, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chenango
County, N.Y., January
18, 1855.
Son of George Sherwood and Mary Ann (Jeffords) Sherwood.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 29th District, 1889-90; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota,
1912-17; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1922-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Nellie C. Fountain. |
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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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Albert Gray Somers (b. 1845) —
also known as Albert G. Somers —
of Strauston, Grant
County, S.Dak.
Born February
15, 1845.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 31st District, 1897-1902;
Speaker
of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar
Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Robert W. Stewart (b. 1866) —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, March 11,
1866.
Son of William Stewart and Eliza (Mills) Stewart.
Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1893; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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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Robert B. Tripp —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Iowa.
Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota 1st Circuit, 1909-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arch Rollin Tuthill (b. 1907) —
also known as Arch R. Tuthill —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., June 19,
1907.
Son of James William Tuthill and Fay (Ames) Tuthill.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Garner Waddel (1870-1937) —
also known as W. G. Waddel —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grant
County, Wis., June 29,
1870.
Son of William Warren Waddle (1843-1912) and Elizabeth Ann (Garner)
Waddle (1850-1935).
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; member of South
Dakota state senate 34th District, 1919-22.
Methodist.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Day
County, S.Dak., January
24, 1937 (age 66 years, 209
days).
Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Adaville, Iowa.
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Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) —
of Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coles Station, Coles
County, Ill., November
23, 1879.
Son of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner.
Republican. Lawyer; Stanley
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Presidential Elector for South
Dakota, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1908
to Harriet Brown. |
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Edward E. Wagner (b. 1874) —
of Alexandria, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lyon
County, Iowa, October
22, 1874.
Son of James H. Wagner (died 1884) and Louisa E. (Conklin) Wagner.
Republican. Lawyer; Hanson
County State's Attorney, 1901-02; member of South
Dakota state senate 11th District, 1905-06; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1907-13.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles S. Whiting (1863-1922) —
of DeSmet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Olmsted
County, Minn., May 25,
1863.
Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota 9th Circuit, 1903-08;
judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1908-22; died in
office 1922.
Died March 25,
1922 (age 58 years, 304
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. Williamson (b. 1859) —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, July 30,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer; Lake
County Judge, 1893-96; member of South
Dakota state senate 16th District, 1901-04; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 9,
1891, to Stella Storms. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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William Williamson, Jr. (1875-1972) —
of Oacoma, Lyman
County, S.Dak.; Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born near New Sharon, Mahaska
County, Iowa, October
7, 1875.
Son of William Williamson and Mary (Erland) Williamson.
Republican. Lawyer; Lyman
County State's Attorney, 1905-08, 1910-11; circuit judge in South
Dakota, 1911-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Dakota, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1921-33; defeated,
1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak., July 15,
1972 (age 96 years, 282
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Albert W. Wilmarth —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Evan Erastus Young (1878-1946) —
also known as Evan E. Young —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, August
17, 1878.
Son of Sutton E. Young and Emma (Stickney) Young.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1905-08; Salonika, 1908-09; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1911-12; Dominican Republic, 1925-29; U.S. Consul General in Halifax, 1913-19; Constantinople, 1920; vice-president, Pan-American Airways,
Inc., 1936.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Dawn Waite. |
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