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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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Edward Backlund (1893-1978) —
also known as Ed Backlund —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., December
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1953-56.
Lutheran.
Member, Farmers
Union; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in November, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie. |
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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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John James Exon (1921-2005) —
also known as J. James Exon; Jim Exon —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Geddes, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak., August 9,
1921.
Son of John Exon and Luella Exon.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1964,
1972,
1976,
1988,
1992,
1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004;
member of Nebraska
Democratic State Central Committee, 1964-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1968-70, 1981-83; Governor of
Nebraska, 1971-79; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1979-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., June 10,
2005 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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John Chandler Gurney (1896-1985) —
also known as J. Chandler Gurney; Chan
Gurney —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., May 21,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1939-51.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., March 9,
1985 (age 88 years, 292
days).
Interment at Yankton
Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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G. Homer Harding (b. 1925) —
of South Dakota.
Born December
7, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1971-88; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1991-; defeated, 1994.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1994.
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Frank E. Henderson (b. 1928) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., April 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1965-66, 1969-70; circuit judge in South
Dakota, 1975-78; justice of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Still living as of 1993.
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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 Stanley McGovern (b. 1922) —
also known as George McGovern —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Avon, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., July 19,
1922.
Son of Rev. Joseph C. McGovern and Frances (McLean) McGovern.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1957-61; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2010.
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March 29,
1942.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leo Albert Temmey (1894-1975) —
also known as Leo A. Temmey —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Onida, Sully
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1894.
Son of Lawrence A. Temmey and Annie (O'Connor) Temmey.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Beadle
County State's Attorney, 1930-35; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1939-43; nominated in primary for
Governor
of South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; major in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1960-72; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in April, 1975
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Merton Baird Tice (b. 1909) —
also known as Merton B. Tice —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bison, Perkins
County, S.Dak., December
7, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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