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Politician members in North Dakota

  Oscar Willard Edmonds (b. 1890) — also known as O. W. Edmonds — of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Born in Caledonia, Traill County, N.Dak., February 4, 1890. Republican. Abstract and title business; mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1923-27, 1943-45. Protestant. Member, Sigma Chi; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur Edmonds and Anna S. (Olson) Edmonds; married, June 21, 1911, to Kathryn M. Sturtevant.
  Melvin Andrew Hildreth (1859-1944) — also known as Melvin A. Hildreth — of Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 27, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1900; U.S. Attorney for North Dakota, 1914-23; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1932. Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; National Rifle Association; United Spanish War Veterans. Following a series of strokes and a fall in his home, he died in a hospital at Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., January 13, 1944 (age 84 years, 78 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Curtis L. Hildreth and Sarah Ann (Luther) Hildreth; married, February 13, 1889, to Luella Davis; father of Melvin Davis Hildreth; third cousin twice removed of Ephraim Safford; fourth cousin once removed of James Safford.
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  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. 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 9th District, 1897-98. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jonah Ferris Palmer and Chloe (Mead) Palmer; married, October 20, 1872, to Annis R. Fassett.
  William J. Patterson (b. 1880) — of North Dakota. Born in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wis., June 4, 1880. Railway brakeman, fireman, switchman, and conductor; safety inspector; Director of Safety for Interstate Commerce Commission, 1934-39; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1939-53. Member, Order of Railway Conductors; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Amos Patterson and Mary (Bidwell) Patterson; married, April 29, 1912, to Margaret M. Henderman.
  George Rice (1854-1952) — of Flandreau, Moody County, S.Dak. Born in Butler County, Iowa, November 16, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1883-86; 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 15th District, 1905-06; South Dakota railroad commissioner, 1907-13; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 21st District, 1931-34. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Modern Woodmen of America. Died October 14, 1952 (age 97 years, 333 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Orson Rice and Anna Lee (Hawker) Rice; married to Ida Smith.
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