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Lee-Gunderson family of Vermillion, South Dakota

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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  Lyman Burgess — of Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1862. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of Andrew Ericson Lee; uncle by marriage of Carl Gunderson.
  Political family: Lee-Gunderson family of Vermillion, South Dakota.
  Hans Gunderson (1832-1913) — of Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Norway, 1832. Member Dakota territorial council, 1877-78. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Clay County, S.Dak., September 20, 1913 (age about 81 years). Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of Andrew Ericson Lee; father of Carl Gunderson.
  Political family: Lee-Gunderson family of Vermillion, South Dakota.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Ericson Lee (1847-1934) — also known as Andrew E. Lee — of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Born near Bergen, Norway, March 18, 1847. Governor of South Dakota, 1897-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. Died in Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak., March 19, 1934 (age 87 years, 1 days). Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Erick A. Lee and Augusta (Johnson) Lee; brother-in-law of Lyman Burgess and Hans Gunderson; married 1872 to Annie M. Chappell; married, June 1, 1920, to Myrtle Shepard Lee; uncle of Carl Gunderson.
  Political family: Lee-Gunderson family of Vermillion, South Dakota.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Carl Gunderson (1864-1933) — of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison County, S.Dak. Born near Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), June 20, 1864. Republican. Engineer; surveyor; farmer; member of South Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1893-94, 1897-1902, 1917-18; President pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1899-1900; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1921-25; Governor of South Dakota, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; candidate in inconclusive primary 1930. Baptist. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Elks; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died in Mitchell, Davison County, S.Dak., February 26, 1933 (age 68 years, 251 days). Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Hans Gunderson and Isabel Johnson (Lee) Gunderson; married to Gertrude Bertlesen; nephew by marriage of Lyman Burgess; nephew of Andrew Ericson Lee.
  Political family: Lee-Gunderson family of Vermillion, South Dakota.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Myrtle Shepard Lee (1874-1948) — also known as Myrtle Sophia Shepard; Mrs. Andrew E. Lee — of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Born in Fayette County, Iowa, March 13, 1874. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1940. Female. Died in Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak., December 31, 1948 (age 74 years, 293 days). Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Daughter of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane (Dykins) Shepard; married, June 1, 1920, to Andrew Ericson Lee.
  Political family: Lee-Gunderson family of Vermillion, South Dakota.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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