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Physician Politicians in North Dakota
including Surgeons and Osteopaths


  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.
  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
  Walter Atwood Burleigh (1820-1896) — also known as Walter A. Burleigh — of Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Miles City, Custer County, Mont. Born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, October 25, 1820. Republican. Physician; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1865-69; defeated, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1870-72; member Dakota territorial council, 1877-78; President of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1877; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1890; member of South Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1893-94. Died March 7, 1896 (age 75 years, 134 days). Interment at Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Andrew Jackson Faulk.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jacob George Kleinsasser (b. 1887) — also known as Jacob G. Kleinsasser — of Bowdon, Wells County, N.Dak.; Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme County, S.Dak. Born in Hutchinson County, S.Dak., April 14, 1887. Son of Joseph J. Kleinsasser (born 1863) and Susana J. (Waldner) Kleinsasser (born 1861). Democrat. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-34. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 9, 1911, to Anna June Wipf.
  Joseph Lafayette Ludwig (1909-1988) — also known as J. Lafe Ludwig — of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in North Dakota, June 12, 1909. Son of John Ludwig (born 1883) and Magdalena Ludwig (born 1884). Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960 (alternate), 1964. Died in California, January 19, 1988 (age 78 years, 221 days). Burial location unknown.
  Henry Mason Wheeler (1854-1930) — of Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak. Born in 1854. Physician; mayor of Grand Forks, N.Dak., 1917-18. Member, Freemasons. He helped stop a bank robbery by the Jesse James gang, in Northfield, Minnesota, September 7, 1876. He owned the first automobile in Grand Forks. Died April 13, 1930 (age about 75 years). Interment somewhere in Northfield, Minn.

 

 


 
   
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