The Political Graveyard: Gunderson-Lee family of South Dakota

Gunderson-Lee family of South Dakota

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Lyman Burgess — of Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Brother-in-law of Andrew Ericson Lee; uncle by marriage of Carl Gunderson. Member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1862. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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Hans Gunderson — of Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Norway. Brother-in-law of Andrew Ericson Lee; father of Carl Gunderson. Member Dakota territorial council, 1877-78. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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Andrew Ericson Lee (1847-1934) — also known as Andrew E. Lee — of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Born near Bergen, Norway, March 18, 1847. Son of Eric Lee and Augusta (Johnson) Lee; brother-in-law of Lyman Burgess and Hans Gunderson; married 1872 to Annie M. Chappell; uncle of Carl Gunderson. Progressive. Governor of South Dakota, 1897-1901; defeated, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1924. Died March 19, 1934. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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- See also: National Governors Association biography.
Carl Gunderson (1864-1933) — of Mitchell, Davison County, S.Dak. Born near Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), June 20, 1864. Nephew by marriage of Lyman Burgess; son of Hans Gunderson and Isabel (Lee) Gunderson; nephew of Andrew Ericson Lee; married to Gertrude Bertlesen. Republican. Farmer; member of South Dakota state senate, 1893, 1897-1901, 1917; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1921-25; Governor of South Dakota, 1925-27. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows. Died February 26, 1933. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
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- See also: National Governors Association biography.

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