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• James Abdnor (b. 1923) — of Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak. Born in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., February 13, 1923. Son of Samuel J. Abdnor and Mary (Wehby) Abdnor. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; school teacher; athletic coach; member of South Dakota state senate, 1956-68; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1973-81; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87; defeated, 1986. Methodist. Lebanese ancestry. Member, Grange; Izaak Walton League; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Sigma Chi. Still living as of 1998.
  • Cross-reference: John R. Thune
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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; married 1917 to Grace Marguerite Woodworth. Republican. Printing business; newspaper publisher; chair of Roberts County Republican Party, 1926-27; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elnathan Benjamin Adams (b. 1881) — also known as Elnathan B. Adams — of Walworth County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in West Haven, Rutland County, Vt., May 21, 1881. Son of Benajah P. Adams and Emma S. (Benjamin) Adams; married, June 25, 1907, to Lillian Grace Hall. Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Christian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married, June 22, 1921, to Henrietta McCartney. Democrat. 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, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Delta Theta Phi. Died, following a stroke, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., November 11, 1975. Interment at Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leo Ellis Anderson (b. 1902) — also known as Leo E. Anderson — of San Marino, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Gettysburg, Potter County, S.Dak., February 20, 1902. Son of Laurits Martin Anderson and Leonora (Ellis) Anderson; married, November 1, 1931, to Hollis Norris (died 1959); married, February 12, 1961, to Pauline Murray. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936, 1940, 1944; chair of Los Angeles County Republican Party, 1936-40; vice-chair of California Republican Party, 1942-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1944; California Republican state chair, 1944-45. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Sigma Chi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) — of Webster, Day County, S.Dak. Born in Arendal, Norway, January 22, 1904. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; South Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died December 21, 1990. Interment somewhere in Webster, S.Dak.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Walter Lincoln Anderson (b. 1868) — also known as Walter L. Anderson — of Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa; Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak.; Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb. Born in Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa, February 19, 1868. Son of Albert Raney Anderson. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916; delegate to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1921-22; Speaker of the Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1922; candidate for U.S. Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1922. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; United Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Kiwanis; Beta Theta Pi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodore Mead Bailey (b. 1888) — also known as T. M. Bailey — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), January 14, 1888. Son of Charles Olin Bailey and Mary Emma (Swan) Bailey; married, September 3, 1912, to Marguerite Wadsworth; married, June 10, 1931, to Anna Beaudoin Munck. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of South Dakota state senate, 1925-27; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1940. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) — also known as William H. H. Beadle — Born, in a log cabin at Howard, Parke County, Ind., January 1, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1915. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Mich. Beadle County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  
  
• Oscar Beck (b. 1892) — of Greeley, Weld County, Colo. Born in Brookings, Brookings County, S.Dak., March 3, 1892. Democrat. Insurance agent; mayor of Greeley, Colo., 1954. Lutheran. Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Warren E. Beck (b. 1883) — of Geddes, Charles Mix County, S.Dak. Born in Harrisburg, Lincoln County, S.Dak., January 27, 1883. Son of Elias S. Beck and Delia (Klapp) Beck. Democrat. Railway station agent; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias. President, South Dakota State Federation of Labor. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• M. Plin Beebe (b. 1881) — of Ipswich, Edmunds County, S.Dak. Born in Sandusky, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., September 7, 1881. Son of Marcus P. Beebe and Leota (Fuller) Beebe; married to Alice Conklin. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of South Dakota state senate, 1915. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks; Odd Fellows; Woodmen; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lewis Benson (b. 1873) — of Flandreau, Moody County, S.Dak. Born in Norway, January 12, 1873. Son of B. T. Benson and Valborg (Tjorn) Benson; married to Iva Minier. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1915-19; Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1919; member of South Dakota state senate, 1923. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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. Married 1928 to Rose Hartinger. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; member of South Dakota state senate, 1939-43; 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. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Abram Boland (b. 1884) — also known as John A. Boland — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., May 2, 1884. Son of Abram C. Boland and Catherine (Green) Boland; married to Nona Ethel Winne. Republican. Implement dealer; mayor of Rapid City, S.Dak., 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932 (alternate), 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; United Commercial Travelers. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Henry Bottum (1903-1984) — also known as Joe Bottum — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Faulkton, Faulk County, S.Dak., August 7, 1903. Son of Joseph Henry Bottum and Sylvia Grace (Smith) Bottum; married, August 20, 1929, to Nellie Bergita Bang. Republican. Lawyer; Faulk County State's Attorney, 1933-36; South Dakota director of taxation, 1937-43; member of South Dakota Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1961-63; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1962-63. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Lions; Lambda Chi Alpha. Died in Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., July 4, 1984. Interment at Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles J. Buell (b. 1865) — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minn., November 1, 1865. Married to Maude Mitchell. Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1892; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) — also known as N. D. Burch — of Boyd County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory County, S.Dak. Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb County, Mo., June 17, 1871. Son of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch; married, March 15, 1899, to Sadie E. Jarman. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died in office 1931. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows. Died March 18, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Henry Burke (1861-1944) — also known as Charles H. Burke — of Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak. Born in Genesee County, N.Y., April 1, 1861. Son of Walter Burke and Sarah T. (Beckwith) Burke; married to Caroline Schlosser. Republican. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-97; U.S. Representative from South Dakota, 1899-1907, 1909-15 (at-large 1899-1907, 1909-13, 2nd District 1913-15); candidate for U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1914; U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1921. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1944. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Harlan John Bushfield (1882-1948) — also known as Harlan J. Bushfield — of Miller, Hand County, S.Dak. Born in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, August 6, 1882. Son of John A. Bushfield and Cora (Pearson) Bushfield; married, April 15, 1912, to Vera E. Cahalan. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of South Dakota, 1939-43; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1940; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1943-48; died in office 1948. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Miller, Hand County, S.Dak., September 27, 1948. Interment at G.A.R. Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Frank Michael Byrne (1858-1927) — also known as Frank M. Byrne — of Faulkton, Faulk County, S.Dak. Born in Volney, Allamakee County, Iowa, October 23, 1858. Son of Lawrence Byrne and Delia (Hart) Byrne; married to Emma Frances Beaver. Republican. Member of South Dakota state senate, 1889-90, 1907-09; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1911-13; Governor of South Dakota, 1913-17. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died December 24, 1927. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Clarence Carey Caldwell (b. 1877) — also known as Clarence C. Caldwell — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Minnehaha County, S.Dak., February 2, 1877. Son of George Caldwell and Mary E. (Draper) Caldwell; married, June 16, 1908, to Marie Bryant. Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota state attorney general, 1915-19. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1963) — 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; married to Pauline Caywood. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state senate, 1923; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1925-37. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lions; Alpha Sigma Phi. Died in 1963. Interment somewhere in Groton, S.Dak.
  
  
• 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. Married 1926 to Myrle Graves. 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; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary; Pi Kappa Delta; Sigma Delta Chi. Died in 1962. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Andrew Christopherson (1871-1951) — also known as Charles A. Christopherson — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Amherst, Fillmore County, Minn., July 23, 1871. Son of Knudt Christopherson and Julia (Nelson) Christopherson; married to Abbie M. Deyoe. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1913-16; Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1915-16; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1919-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1944. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in 1951. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Samuel Wesley Clark (b. 1872) — also known as S. Wesley Clark — of Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak. Born in Platteville, Grant County, Wis., December 28, 1872. Son of Samuel Pliny Clark and Elizabeth Dennison (Huntington) Clark; married 1900 to Daisy Labrie (died 1915); married 1919 to Essie Eggler. Republican. Lawyer; Spink County State's Attorney, 1900-04; South Dakota state attorney general, 1907-11; U.S. Attorney for South Dakota, 1921-26. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Harold Miles Cooper (b. 1885) — also known as H. M. Cooper — of Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa. Born in Sturgis, Meade County, S.Dak., June 10, 1885. Son of Miles Monroe Cooper and Mary P. (Ranft) Cooper; married, July 12, 1909, to Edna May Anderson. Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Cooper Manufacturing Company, makers of power lawn mowers and gaskets; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936 (alternate). Congregationalist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Eagles; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Gilbert Geoffrey Cottam (b. 1873) — also known as Gilbert G. Cottam — of Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Manchester, England, August 2, 1873. Son of Rev. Henry Cottam and Eliza Mary (Warburton) Cottam; married, June 16, 1896, to F. May Isham Ruddick. Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married to Elizabeth Throckmorton-Gird. 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, Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows. Died May 27, 1929. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Joseph Sylvester Dieson — also known as Joseph S. Dieson — of Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Son of Martin A. Dieson and Tone (Torgeson) Dieson. Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Seoul, 1924-26. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ray E. Dougherty (b. 1895) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, July 11, 1895. Son of William J. Dougherty and Sarah Ann (Judkins) Dougherty; married, June 30, 1920, to Julia Newell Treat. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; candidate for South Dakota state attorney general, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Izaak Walton League; Freemasons; Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married 1943 to Patricia Pros. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1992, 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; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Elks; Optimist Club. Died in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., June 10, 2005. Interment at Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
  • Cross-reference: Norman A. Otto
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about J. James Exon: Duane Hutchinson, Exon : Biography of a Governor
  
  
• Frank Leroy Farrar (b. 1929) — also known as Frank L. Farrar — of Britton, Marshall County, S.Dak. Born in Britton, Marshall County, S.Dak., April 2, 1929. Married to Patricia Henley. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; South Dakota state attorney general, 1963-69; Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jaycees; Lions; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi. Still living as of 1994.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• David Foote (b. 1897) — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Born in Edgemont, Fall River County, S.Dak., September 5, 1897. Son of David Foote and Catherine (Barr) Foote; married 1917 to Myrtle Gladys Hanson. Republican. Gold milling, Homestake Mining Co., Lead, S.D., 1915-20; pumper, Standard Oil Refinery, Casper, Wyo., from 1920; musician; photographer; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1939, 1943-51. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Toastmasters. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; brother of John Rankin Gamble; married, March 26, 1884, to Carrie S. Osborn; father of Ralph 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, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., September 22, 1924. Interment at Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
  • See also Gamble family of South Dakota and New York
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Howard Gates (1865-1927) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, October 26, 1865. Son of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates; married, November 13, 1899, to Mary Edna Carter. Republican. Lawyer; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in office 1927. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Died November 8, 1927. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• L. G. Gillespie (b. 1875) — of O'Neill, Holt County, Neb. Born in Canton, Lincoln County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), April 10, 1875. Son of Bennet S. Gillespie and Nellie A. (Van Fleet) Gillespie; married, November 20, 1902, to Bertha E. Fawkes. Republican. Insurance agent; member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1935-36. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Gunderson-Lee family of South Dakota
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Addison E. Haley (b. 1844) — of Kennebunk, York County, Maine; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Kennebunk, York County, Maine, February 17, 1844. Son of Joseph A. Haley and Sarah J. (Roberts) Haley; married, March 9, 1870, to Carrie M. Cone (died 1882); married to Marie S. Richards. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1873. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Philo Hall (1865-1938) — of Brookings, Brookings County, S.Dak. Born in Wilton, Waseca County, Minn., December 31, 1865. Son of Philo Hall and Mary E. (Green) Hall; married to Mary A. Bishop-Cooke. Republican. Lawyer; Brookings County State's Attorney, 1893-98; member of South Dakota state senate, 1901; South Dakota state attorney general, 1903-07; U.S. Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1907-09. Member, Freemasons; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Odd Fellows. Died in Brookings, Brookings County, S.Dak., October 7, 1938. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Dick Haney (b. 1852) — of Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak. Born in Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa, November 10, 1852. Son of John Haney and Fanny (Hemmingway) Haney; married, January 22, 1876, to Roxie W. Doe (died 1907); married, September 14, 1909, to Florence May Tredway. Republican. Circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-96; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1896-1913. Member, Freemasons; Woodmen; Beta Theta Pi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Gustav Holden Helgerson (1875-1965) — also known as G. H. Helgerson — of Mitchell, Davison County, S.Dak. Born in Pontiac, Livingston County, Ill., September 25, 1875. Son of Barney Helgerson and Laura Marie (Larson) Helgerson; married to Blanche Fern Hamilton. Republican. Hardware business; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of South Dakota state senate, 1913; South Dakota state treasurer, 1917-21; insurance business. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., 1965. Interment at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Blendon Township, Davison County, S.Dak.
  
  
• Charles Nelson Herreid (1857-1928) — also known as Charles N. Herreid — of McPherson County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Dane County, Wis., October 20, 1857. Son of N. Herreid and Tena (Kytle) Herreid; married 1882 to Jeannette E. Slye. Republican. Lawyer; McPherson County State's Attorney; McPherson County Judge; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1893-97; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1898-1900; Governor of South Dakota, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916; director, Western Mutual Life Insurance Co.; vice-president, Dakota Central Telephone Co.; president, Citizens Trust and Savings Bank. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died July 6, 1928. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Aberdeen, S.Dak.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978) — also known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H."; "The Happy Warrior"; "The Hump" — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Wallace, Codington County, S.Dak., May 27, 1911. Son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey and Christine (Sannes) Humphrey; brother of Ralph W. Humphrey; married, September 3, 1936, to Muriel Fay Buck; father of Hubert Horatio Humphrey III; grandfather of Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV. Pharmacist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960, 1972; Vice President of the United States, 1965-69; Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1968. Congregationalist. English and Norwegian ancestry. Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. Died, of cancer, at Waverly, Wright County, Minn., January 13, 1978. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Cross-reference: Orville L. Freeman; Cyril E. King; Arthur Naftalin
  • See also Humphrey family of Minnesota
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Hubert H. Humphrey: The Education of a Public Man : My Life and Politics
  • Books about Hubert H. Humphrey: Carl Solberg, Hubert Humphrey : A Biography (out of print); Edgar Berman, Hubert : The Triumph and Tragedy of the Humphrey I Knew (out of print); Paul. Westman, Hubert H. Humphrey : The Politics of Joy (out of print)
  
  
• Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) — also known as Royal C. Johnson — of Highmore, Hyde County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, October 3, 1882. Son of Eli Johnson and Philena (Everett) Johnson; married, October 5, 1907, to Florence Thode. Republican. Lawyer; Hyde County State's Attorney, 1909-10; South Dakota state attorney general, 1911-15; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1915-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Died August 2, 1939. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) — also known as Buell F. Jones — of Britton, Marshall County, S.Dak. Born in Spain, Marshall County, S.Dak., November 25, 1892. Son of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones; married to Florence Bockler. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of South Dakota, 1929. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Odd Fellows; Delta Theta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) — of Lead, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., March 4, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Vernon L. Larson (b. 1948) — also known as Vern Larson — of South Dakota. Born in Vivian, Lyman County, S.Dak., October 25, 1948. Republican. South Dakota state auditor, 1979-93. Lutheran. Member, Izaak Walton League; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Jaycees; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1994.
  
  
• Harold Orrin Lovre (1904-1972) — also known as Harold O. Lovre — of Hayti, Hamlin County, S.Dak.; Watertown, Codington County, S.Dak. Born in Toronto, Deuel County, S.Dak., January 30, 1904. Married 1928 to Viola Florell. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state senate, 1941; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1949-57; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Md., January 17, 1972. Interment at Parklawn Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Beresford, Union County, S.Dak., 1878. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state legislature; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916; U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District 1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated (Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1928; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated (Farmer-Labor), 1930; died in office 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Killed in a plane crash in Virginia, August 31, 1940. Interment at Little Arlington National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) — Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, March 26, 1837. Brother of George Wythe McCook; first cousin of Edward Moody McCook and Anson George McCook. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873. Member, Freemasons. Shot and killed by Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at a saloon in Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September 11, 1873. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. McCook County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  • See also McCook family of Ohio
  
  
• James Henry McCoy (b. 1855) — also known as James H. McCoy — of Marshall County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak. Born in Oakley, Macon County, Ill., July 14, 1855. County judge in South Dakota, 1889-93; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1902-09; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1909-21. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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. Married, October 31, 1943, to Eleanor Fay Stegeberg. 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. Methodist. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Still living as of 2003.
  • Cross-reference: Owen J. Donley
  • See also: congressional biography; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by George McGovern: The Third Freedom : Ending Hunger in Our Time (2001); Terry : My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism (1996); Grassroots : The Autobiography of George McGovern (1977, out of print); Agricultural Thought in the Twentieth Century (1967, out of print); An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern (1974, out of print); The Great Coalfield War (1972); The Essential America : Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition (2004)
  • Books about George McGovern: Robert Sam Anson, McGovern: A Biography (out of print); Nicholas Max, President McGovern's First Term (out of print); Gary Hart, Right from the Start; A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign (out of print); Kristi Witker, How to lose everything in politics except Massachusetts (out of print)
  
  
• William Henry McMaster (1877-1968) — also known as William H. McMaster — of Yankton, Yankton County, S.Dak. Born in Ticonic, Monona County, Iowa, May 10, 1877. Republican. Banker; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1911-12; member of South Dakota state senate, 1913-16; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1917-21; Governor of South Dakota, 1921-25; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1928. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Dixon, Lee County, Ill., September 14, 1968. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon, Ill.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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; Elks; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John T. Medin (b. 1875) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in St. Angsar, Mitchell County, Iowa, February 20, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; county judge in South Dakota, 1908-19; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1919-; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842-1896) — of Watertown, Codington County, S.Dak. Born in Henry County, Ind., June 23, 1842. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1871-75; Governor of Dakota Territory, 1889; Governor of South Dakota, 1889-93. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kan., May 25, 1896. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak. Mellette County, S.Dak. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• George Theodore Mickelson (1903-1965) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Selby, Walworth County, S.Dak., July 23, 1903. Son of George M. Mickelson and Emma L. (Craig) Mickelson; married, April 6, 1928, to Madge E. Turner; father of George Speaker Mickelson. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1937-41; Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1941; South Dakota state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of South Dakota, 1947-51; U.S. District Judge for South Dakota, 1953-. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi. Died February 28, 1965. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Edwin Milligan (b. 1867) — of Aberdeen, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Fingal, Ontario, April 8, 1867. Republican. Insurance agent; member of Republican National Committee from South Dakota, 1920-24. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Earl Milham Mumford (b. 1889) — of Howard, Miner County, S.Dak. Born in Howard, Miner County, S.Dak., November 11, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Peter Norbeck (1870-1936) — of Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak. Born in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), August 27, 1870. Son of George Norbeck and Karen (Kongsvig) Norbeck; married 1900 to Lydia Anderson. Republican. Well driller; member of South Dakota state senate, 1909-13; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1915-17; Governor of South Dakota, 1917-21; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36; died in office 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924, 1928. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons. Died December 20, 1936. Interment at Bloomington Church Cemetery, Platte, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Cornelius Solomon Palmer (b. 1844) — also known as Cornelius S. Palmer — of Jericho, Chittenden County, Vt.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak.; Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Underhill, Chittenden County, Vt., November 2, 1844. Son of Jonah Ferris Palmer and Chloe (Mead) Palmer; married, October 20, 1872, to Annis R. Fassett. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1880; justice of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1883-88; member of South Dakota state senate, 1896-97. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) — also known as Byron S. Payne — of Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak. Born near Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak., February 2, 1876. Brother of Jason Elihu Payne. Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Kiwanis; Woodmen; Delta Theta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Franklin Pettigrew (1848-1926) — also known as Richard F. Pettigrew — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Ludlow, Windsor County, Vt., July 23, 1848. Son of Andrew Pettigrew and Hannah B. (Sawtelle) Pettigrew; married, February 27, 1879, to Bessie V. Pittare. Republican. Lawyer; surveyor; real estate business; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1872; member Dakota territorial council, 1877-79, 1885-86; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1881-83; defeated, 1882; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1889-1901. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., October 5, 1926. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Philip (b. 1880) — of Fort Pierre, Stanley County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Fort Augustus, Scotland, July 16, 1880. Son of Robert Philip and Catherine (McLaren) Philip; married, May 30, 1911, to Alice Isle Waldron. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1922; U.S. Attorney for South Dakota, 1934-47. Congregationalist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Rice (b. 1854) — of Flandreau, Moody County, S.Dak. Born in Butler County, Iowa, November 16, 1854. Son of Orson Rice and Anna Lee (Hawker) Rice; married to Ida Smith. Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1883-85; Speaker of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1885; Dakota territory attorney general, 1885-86; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1900; member of South Dakota state senate, 1905. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) — also known as John P. Richmond — of Schuyler County, Ill. Born in Middletown, Frederick County, Md., August 11, 1811. Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond; married 1835 to America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty Gristy. Democrat. Physician; minister; in 1840, he officiated at the first Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841, he delivered the first Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1856; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Schuyler County, 1862; postmaster. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in South Dakota, August 28, 1895. Interment at Tyndall Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
  
  
• Amund O. Ringsrud (b. 1854) — of Elk Point, Union County, S.Dak. Born in Norway, September 13, 1854. Son of Ole O. Ringsrud and Karen (Amundson) Ringsrud; married to Emma F. Snyder. Republican. Merchant; secretary of state of South Dakota, 1889-93; candidate for Governor of South Dakota, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924, 1928. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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; married, June 28, 1911, to Myrtle Fisher; married, March 17, 1924, to Helen Dudley. 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.
  
  
• Frank M. Rood (b. 1856) — of Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak. Born in Lenoxville, Susquehanna County, Pa., October 13, 1856. Son of John Rood and Ruby (Rogers) Rood; married, May 28, 1886, to Eva J. Voorhees. Republican. Rancher; hardware business; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1907; secretary of state of South Dakota, 1915-19. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Carl G. Sherwood (b. 1855) — of Clark, Clark County, S.Dak. Born in Chenango County, N.Y., January 18, 1855. Son of George Sherwood and Mary Ann (Jeffords) Sherwood; married to Nellie C. Fountain. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Dakota state senate, 1889; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1912-17; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1922-31. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) — also known as Ellison G. Smith — of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Born in Noble County, Ohio, December 5, 1854. Son of Amos Griffith Smith and Mary A. (Ellison) Smith; married, October 18, 1877, to Anna F. Kirkwood; married, January 3, 1922, to Florence Pearl Hunkins. Republican. Lawyer; member Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1889-1909; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law professor. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edwin M. Starcher (b. 1865) — of Charles Mix County, S.Dak.; Fairfax, Gregory County, S.Dak. Born in Ripley, Jackson County, W.Va., December 25, 1865. Son of Jacob L. Starcher and Marian Lyn (Webb) Starcher; married to Marion B. Helenbolt. Democrat. Charles Mix County State's Attorney; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Born near Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 20, 1851. Son of Charles Sterling and Anna (Kessler) Sterling; married to Anna Dunn (died 1881) and Emma R. Rowe-Thayer (died 1923); brother of John Allen Sterling. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of South Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean, college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; American Political Science Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Odd Fellows. Died in 1930. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rex A. Terry (b. 1888) — of Fort Pierre, Stanley County, S.Dak. Born in Sturgis, Meade County, S.Dak., February 21, 1888. Member of South Dakota state senate, 1941-48; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1949-55. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) — of Philip, Haakon County, S.Dak. Born in Coles Station (unknown county), Ill., November 23, 1879. Son of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner; married 1908 to Harriet Brown. Republican. Lawyer; Stanley County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1916. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Boyd Wales (b. 1873) — of Howard, Miner County, S.Dak. Born in Brownville, Nemaha County, Neb., August 10, 1873. Son of Prescutt Wales and Phebe (Cunningham) Wales; married to May Furman. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; colonel in the U.S.