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Albert Joseph Adams (b. 1894) —
also known as Al J. Adams —
of Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Minnesota, December
19, 1894.
Son of Michael Adams and Rose (Cook) Adams.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper publisher; chair of
Roberts County Republican Party, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932;
Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Grace Marguerite Woodworth. |
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Amund P. Amundson (1874-1958) —
of Colton, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ridgeway, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, May 16,
1874.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; bank
director; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1933-36.
Died in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July 18,
1958 (age 84 years, 63
days).
Interment at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Colton, S.Dak.
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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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Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) —
also known as Orville S. Basford —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., August
29, 1848.
Son of Samuel Basford (1808-1877) and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford
(1810-1889).
Republican. Methodist
minister; postmaster;
South
Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper editor and
publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner, 1907.
Methodist.
Died in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., October
27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.
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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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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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Harry L. Bras —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Newspaper editor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Son of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy'
(Noyes) Burdick (1813-1901).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial
nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick (1810-1892) and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes)
Burdick (1813-1901); married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis
(1837-1916). |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert O. Burrows, Sr. (b. 1899) —
of Belle Plaine, Benton
County, Iowa.
Born in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., June 29,
1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Benton County, 1951.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hardy Carlson (1887-1957) —
of Volin, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hudson, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), January
21, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; movie
theater owner; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of South
Dakota state house of representatives 3rd District, 1921-24,
1945-50.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
7, 1957 (age 70 years, 320
days).
Interment at Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, S.Dak.
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Son of Herbert Llywellen Case and Mary Ellen (Grannis) Case.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
newspaper editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Republican. Shoemaker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch,
Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848
to Maria Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Walter H. Cox (b. 1860) —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Fairfax, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., September
5, 1860.
Son of Sanford C. Cox and Charity E. (Davis) Cox.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 19th District, 1915-16.
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sanford C. Cox and Charity E. (Davis) Cox; married, May 11,
1878, to Anna Reese (died 1885); married, October
24, 1894, to Bessie Richardson. |
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Clarence Edward Coyne (1881-1929) —
also known as Clarence E. Coyne —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
23, 1881.
Son of Foster Coyne and Mary (McGavaran) Coyne.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Stanley
County Sheriff, 1911-14; secretary of
state of South Dakota, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1929; died in office 1929.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died May 27,
1929 (age 47 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Throckmorton-Gird. |
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Thomas D. Edwards (b. 1849) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Floyd, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1849.
Newspaper editor; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Ciudad Juarez, 1905-17; Cornwall, 1919-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles H. Englesby —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Newspaper editor; member of South
Dakota state senate 28th District, 1901-02, 1907-08; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 31st District, 1909-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814-1898) —
also known as Andrew J. Faulk —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Milford, Pike
County, Pa., November
26, 1814.
Newspaper publisher; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1866-69.
Methodist.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., September
4, 1898 (age 83 years, 282
days).
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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Harry Luther Gandy (1881-1957) —
also known as Harry L. Gandy —
of Wasta, Pennington
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Churubusco, Whitley
County, Ind., August
13, 1881.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 40th District, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
15, 1957 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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J. F. Halladay (b. 1860) —
of Iroquois, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1860.
Son of Albert Halladay and Elizabeth (Fitzhenry) Halladay.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
South
Dakota state auditor, 1903-07.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Carrie Eva Hammond. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Son of Cyrus Lester Jackson and Betina Phoebe (Ames) Jackson.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Washington Kingsbury (1837-1925) —
also known as George W. Kingsbury —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lee, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
16, 1837.
Son of Charles Backus Kingsbury (1802-1862) and Ruama (Barnes)
Kingsbury (1805-1893).
Republican. Printer;
member
Dakota territorial council, 1863-67; Presidential Elector for
South Dakota, 1892;
member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1895-96; newspaper
editor.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1925 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) —
also known as Freeman Knowles —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Harmony, Somerset
County, Maine, October
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., June 1,
1910 (age 63 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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P. D. Kribs (b. 1856) —
of Leola, McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., July 5,
1856.
Republican. Druggist; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1903-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
8, 1887, to Hattie M. Cavanagh. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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John Longstaff (1863-1946) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, May 22,
1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1903-04;
member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Died June 3,
1946 (age 83 years, 12
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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John Irving McNeil (b. 1877) —
of Wessington, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., May 22,
1877.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Warren Morrell (1915-1979) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pollock, Campbell
County, S.Dak., March 27,
1915.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 47th District, 1949-52.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees.
Died January
14, 1979 (age 63 years, 293
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Jean Hitchcock. |
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Martin W. Odland (b. 1875) —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., 1875.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 50th District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Anne M. Nassett. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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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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Gabriel Bie Ravndal (b. 1866) —
also known as G. Bie Ravndal —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Norway,
June
27, 1866.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1893-94;
U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1898-1905; Dawson, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1906-10; Constantinople, 1910-17, 1919-24; SAINT Nazaire, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; Zurich, 1926-27; Hamburg, 1929; Berlin, 1930.
Burial
location unknown.
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Laurence Warren Robinson (b. 1883) —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born near Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak., June 17,
1883.
Son of Richard T. Robinson and Emma (Fisher) Robinson.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932,
1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard T. Robinson and Emma (Fisher) Robinson; married, June 28,
1911, to Myrtle Fisher; married, March 17,
1924, to Helen Dudley. |
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Howard Clayton Shober (1859-1956) —
also known as Howard C. Shober —
of Highmore, Hyde
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa, December
24, 1859.
Son of John Abram Shober (1833-1865) and Mary (McLeod) Shober
(1837-1897).
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1905-06; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1907-11; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Died in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., April 29,
1956 (age 96 years, 127
days).
Interment at Highmore Cemetery, Highmore, S.Dak.
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Relatives:
Married 1894
to Alice Shuey (1874-1971). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Edward H. Warren —
of Spearfish, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Newspaper editor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 48th District, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving H. Welch (b. 1860) —
of Edgerton, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Platte, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., July 16,
1860.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; postmaster;
real
estate business; mayor of Platte, S.D., 1901-03; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Theodore B. Werner (1892-1989) —
also known as "Dates" —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ossian, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, June 2,
1892.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; printing
business; postmaster;
mayor
of Rapid City, S.Dak., 1929-30; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1933-37; defeated,
1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota,
1944.
Died in 1989
(age about
97 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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