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Politician members in North Dakota

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. 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 and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick; married, September 2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis.   Epitaph: "Physician and Friend."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William M. Cuppett (b. 1843) — of Canton, Lincoln County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in Bedford County, Pa., December 26, 1843. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; carriage and wagon manufacturer; postmaster; member Dakota territorial council, 1870-71, 1879-80. Member, Freemasons; Grand Army of the Republic. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, September 1, 1870, to Miss N. E. Martin.   Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) — also known as Alanson W. Edwards — of Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born in Lorain County, Ohio, August 27, 1840. Express agent; telegraph operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden, Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher; mayor of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul General in Montreal, 1903-06. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., February 8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.   Relatives: Married 1870 to Elizabeth Robertson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Oscar Sherman Gifford (1842-1913) — also known as Oscar S. Gifford — of Canton, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 20, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; delegate to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1885; U.S. Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1889-91. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Lincoln County, S.Dak., January 16, 1913 (age 70 years, 88 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Gifford and Mary Gifford; married, May 14, 1874, to Phoebe M. Fuller; fourth cousin of Stephen Galloway; fourth cousin once removed of Bennet Bicknell.   Political families: Galloway family of Michigan; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) — of Elk Point, Union County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck, Burleigh County, N.Dak. Born in Brantford, Ontario, September 30, 1846. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member Dakota territorial council, 1872-73, 1887-89; President of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1872, 1876, 1880 (alternate); Dakota territory attorney general, 1883-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee). Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., November 24, 1907 (age 61 years, 55 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.   Relatives: Married, December 24, 1869, to Mary Elizabeth Higinbotham.   Hughes County, S.Dak. is named for him.

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