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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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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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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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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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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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