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Casper Drengman Aaker (b. 1883) —
also known as Casper D. Aaker —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Ridgeway, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, August, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; organizer, Trinity Hospital,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Lutheran.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Drengman Aaker and Christine (Ellefson) Aaker; married, December
15, 1914, to Leda Mansfield. |
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Frank R. Aikens (b. 1855) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
14, 1855.
Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial legislature, 1887-89; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1889; district judge in South
Dakota, 1889-94.
In 1891, when affluent Easterners came to South Dakota to live in a
hotel for 90 days, so as to be eligible for the state's easy divorce
law, he ruled that hotel guests were not bona fide South Dakota
residents, disrupting the divorce plans of a number of celebrities.
Later that year, a committee of Sioux Falls ministers accused
the judge of drunkenness
and licentiousness.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Fremont Amidon (1856-1937) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Clymer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., August
17, 1856.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1896-1928; took senior status
1928.
Died, from tuberculosis
and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
26, 1937 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith Amidon and Charlotte A. (Curtis) Amidon; married, November
15, 1892, to Beulah R. McHenry. |
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Thomas Ryum Amlie (1897-1973) —
also known as Thomas R. Amlie —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Griggs
County, N.Dak., April
17, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1931-33, 1935-39.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
22, 1973 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
Memory Gardens, Madison, Wis.
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Albert Leroy Aylmer (1885-1970) —
also known as A. Leroy Aylmer —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in North Dakota, March
29, 1885.
Lawyer; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1936-40.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1970 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Eternal
Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif.
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Norris Conroy Bakke (1894-1973) —
also known as Norris C. Bakke —
of Sterling, Logan
County, Colo.; Mayville, Traill
County, N.Dak.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Mayville, Traill
County, N.Dak., April
19, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1937-47; chief
justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1945-46; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died in January, 1973
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ole Pederson Bakke and Karina (Erickson) Bakke; married, August
12, 1921, to Esther Newell Banks; married, April 6,
1958, to Mrs. Guy L. Elken. |
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Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., April
29, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co., Northern States Power
Co., and Occidental Life
Insurance Co.; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
Died February
22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) —
also known as William H. H. Beadle —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born, in a log
cabin at Howard, Parke
County, Ind., January
1, 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S. Surveyor-General for Dakota Territory, 1869-71;
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; president,
Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
15, 1915 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Granville Gaylord Bennett (1833-1910) —
also known as G. G. Bennett —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born near Bloomingburg, Fayette
County, Ohio, October
9, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1865-67; member of Iowa
state senate, 1867-71; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1875-78; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1879-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1900.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., June 28,
1910 (age 76 years, 262
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Paul Benson (1918-2004) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Greenville Township, LaMoure
County, N.Dak., June 1,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; executive secretary
(1946-49) and administrative assistant (1949) to U.S. Sen. Milton
R. Young; lawyer; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1954-55; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1971-85; took senior status 1985.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Elks.
Died, in Willow Point Memory Care Assisted
Living, Verona, Dane
County, Wis., April
22, 2004 (age 85 years, 326
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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Arley R. Bjella (1916-2001) —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak., November
16, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960.
Lutheran.
Member, Theta
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 21,
2001 (age 84 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asle Bjella and Clara (Bagstad) Bjella; married 1948 to
Beverly Heen. |
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Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) —
Born in Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., July 28,
1813.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Ohio, 1848-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1855-59; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1868-72; law
professor.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1889 (age 76 years, 28
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss; brother of Albert
Asahel Bliss; married, November
16, 1843, to Martha W. Thorpe; third great-grandnephew of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin twice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Samuel
Clesson Allen; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Elisha
Hunt Allen and Judson
H. Warner; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, John
Allen, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799), Oliver
Ellsworth, Daniel
Chapin, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Daniel
Pitkin and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Edmund
Holcomb, William
Fessenden Allen and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Chester
William Chapin, John
William Allen, Norman
A. Phelps, James
Samuel Wadsworth, George
Smith Catlin, Henry
Titus Backus, George
Washington Wolcott, John
Smith Phelps, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Otto H. Boyesen (1857-1914) —
also known as Otto H. Boysen —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Bowman, Bowman
County, N.Dak.
Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway,
April
24, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Grand
Forks, N.D., 1889-92; U.S. Consul in Christiania, 1893; Gothenberg, 1893-97; district judge in North Dakota, 1909-12.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in a hotel
room at Glasgow, Valley
County, Mont., February
27, 1914 (age 56 years, 309
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Glasgow, Mont.
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Norton Franklin Brand (1869-1947) —
also known as Norton F. Brand —
of Grandin, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., May 5,
1869.
Lawyer; pastor;
U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1917-18; Fernie, 1918-32.
Died April
10, 1947 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Bayside
Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.
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Myron H. Bright (1919-2016) —
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., March 5,
1919.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1968-85; took
senior status 1985.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., December
12, 2016 (age 97 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilmot W. Brookings (1830-1905) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Woolwich, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
23, 1830.
Lawyer; in February 1858, he was out in a blizzard and lost both
feet; member
Dakota territorial council, 1862-63, 1867-69; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1868; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-66; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1864-65; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1869-73; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1883, 1885.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1905
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Quentin Northrop Burdick (1908-1992) —
also known as Quentin N. Burdick; "King of
Pork" —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Munich, Cavalier
County, N.Dak., June 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1942; candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1946; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92; defeated, 1956; died in
office 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from heart
disease, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
8, 1992 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Bohemian
Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
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John Burke (1859-1937) —
of Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Sigourney, Keokuk
County, Iowa, February
25, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1893-97; Governor of
North Dakota, 1907-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1912;
Treasurer of the United States, 1913-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Dakota, 1924;
justice
of North Dakota state supreme court, 1925-37; chief
justice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1935-36.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died May 14,
1937 (age 78 years, 78
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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Thomas Henry Burke (b. 1886) —
of Hardin, Big Horn
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Sheldon, Ransom
County, N.Dak., February
7, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Montana
state senate, 1940.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Burke and Bridget Elizabeth (Boyle) Burke; married, August
4, 1910, to Effie L. Lindstrom. |
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Olger Burton Burtness (1884-1960) —
also known as Olger B. Burtness —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Mekinock, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., March
14, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1911-16; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1916,
1936,
1948;
member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1921-33.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of Norway.
Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., January
20, 1960 (age 75 years, 312
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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Kermit Edward Bye (b. 1937) —
also known as Kermit E. Bye —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hatton, Traill
County, N.Dak., 1937.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 2000-15; took
senior status 2015.
Still living as of 2015.
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John Emmett Carland (1853-1922) —
also known as John E. Carland —
of Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1853.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1885-88; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Burleigh
County, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1896-1910; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-13.
Died November
11, 1922 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Dorr Howard Carroll (1874-1956) —
also known as Dorr H. Carroll —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Village Creek, Allamakee
County, Iowa, November
25, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; farmer;
lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 8th District,
1945-48, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
7, 1956 (age 81 years, 317
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Warren Minor Christopher (1925-2011) —
also known as Warren Christopher; "The
Cardinal" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Scranton, Bowman
County, N.Dak., October
27, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas, 1949-50; special counsel to Gov. Edmund
G. Brown, 1959; deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1967-69; deputy
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1993-97.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981.
Died, from kidney
and bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
18, 2011 (age 85 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Carleton Haynes Corliss (b. 1858) —
also known as Guy C. H. Corliss —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 4,
1858.
Lawyer; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1889-98; Dean, Law
School, University of North Dakota.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus K. Corliss and Clarinda M. Corliss. |
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Warren Cowles (c.1824-1872) —
of Smethport, McKean
County, Pa.; Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in New York, about 1824.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1866-68; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1869-72.
Died in 1872
(age about
48 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Coe Isaac Crawford (1858-1944) —
also known as Coe I. Crawford —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born near Volney, Allamakee
County, Iowa, January
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1886-88; member
Dakota territorial council, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1889-90; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1896; attorney for
Chicago & North Western Railroad,
1897-1905; Governor of
South Dakota, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1909-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., April
25, 1944 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Municipal
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Edward Engerud (b. 1868) —
of Lisbon, Ransom
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., February
13, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; Ransom
County State's Attorney, 1897; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1904-07; appointed 1904;
resigned 1907; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1911-14.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lars Engerud and Christine M. (Bakke) Engerud; married, July 22,
1890, to Clara J. Jacobsen. |
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Charles J. Fisk (b. 1862) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Whiteside
County, Ill., March
11, 1862.
Lawyer; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1906-07.
Burial location unknown.
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John Rankin Gamble (1848-1891) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Alabama, Greene
County, N.Y., January
15, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; member
Dakota territorial council, 1881-82, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1891; died in office
1891.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., August
14, 1891 (age 43 years, 211
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Ralph Abernethy Gamble (1885-1959) —
also known as Ralph A. Gamble —
of Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y.; St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 6,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1931-37; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1937-57 (25th District 1937-45,
28th District 1945-53, 26th District 1953-57).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Died in St. Michaels, Talbot
County, Md., March 4,
1959 (age 73 years, 302
days).
Interment at Hopewell
Cemetery, Port Deposit, Md.
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Peter Bergenius Garberg (1882-1951) —
also known as Peter B. Garberg —
of Reeder, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Revillo, Grant
County, S.Dak., December
25, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1914-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920-23; candidate for North
Dakota state attorney general, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1929-33.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Sons of
Norway.
Died in 1951
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Recaboth
Cemetery, Albee, S.Dak.
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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.
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Harlan Francis Hagen (1914-1990) —
also known as Harlan Hagen —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Lawton, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., October
8, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of California
state assembly, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-67 (14th District 1953-63,
18th District 1963-67); defeated, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Exchange
Club.
Died November
25, 1990 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grangeville
Cemetery, Armona, Calif.
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of
Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson; married to
Nina C. Knudson. |
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Jake Louis Hamon (1873-1920) —
also known as Jake L. Hamon —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Grenola, Elk
County, Kan., June 5,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; member of Republican
National Committee from North Dakota, 1920.
Shot
and killed by
Clara Smith Hamon, his secretary, mistress,
and the wife of his nephew, in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., November
26, 1920 (age 47 years, 174
days). The scandal
received national publicity. She was tried and found not guilty of
murder, on grounds of self-defense.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Nancy (Tuggle) Hamon and Franklin Hamon; married 1898 to
Georgia Worth Perkins. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Daily Ardmoreite
(Ardmore, Okla.), November 29, 1920 |
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George H. Hand (1837-1891) —
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, August
9, 1837.
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Dakota
territory attorney general, 1866-69; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1866-69; secretary
of Dakota Territory, 1874-83.
Died in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., March
10, 1891 (age 53 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hjalmar Hougen (1889-1978) —
also known as John H. Hougen —
of Fisher, Polk
County, Minn.; Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., July 7,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1927-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1930; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., July 14,
1978 (age 89 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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.
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Hans Peter Jacobsen (1875-1958) —
also known as Hans P. Jacobsen —
of Mott, Hettinger
County, N.Dak.
Born in Odense, Denmark,
May
25, 1875.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Dakota, 1928,
1932.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., June 30,
1958 (age 83 years, 36
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center, Iowa.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Nelson Johnson (1850-1909) —
also known as Martin N. Johnson —
of Iowa; Petersburg, Nelson
County, N.Dak.
Born in Racine
County, Wis., March 3,
1850.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1877; member of Iowa
state senate, 1878-82; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Nelson
County, 1889; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1891-99; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1909; died in office 1909.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., October
21, 1909 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Petersburg, N.Dak.
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March
10, 1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph
operator; secretary
and president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Jefferson Parish Kidder (1815-1883) —
also known as Jefferson P. Kidder —
of Snowsville, Braintree, Orange
County, Vt.; West Randolph, Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Braintree, Orange
County, Vt., June 4,
1815.
Lawyer; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1841; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1843-47; member of Vermont
state senate, 1847-48; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1856;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1861, 1863-64; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1865-75, 1879-83; died in
office 1883; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1875-79.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
2, 1883 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman
Kidder and Ruth (Nichols) Kidder; brother of Ira
Kidder; married, February
26, 1838, to Mary Ann Stockwell; father of Silas
Wright Kidder; uncle of Lyman
Kidder Bass; granduncle of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; first cousin of Alvan
Kidder; first cousin once removed of Daniel
S. Kidder; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Charles
Stetson, Luther
Kidder, Arba
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Kidder County,
N.Dak. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Minnesota
Legislator record |
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William Langer (1886-1959) —
also known as "Wild Bill" —
of Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.; Wheatland, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Everest Township, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
30, 1886.
Lawyer; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1916-20; Governor of
North Dakota, 1932-34, 1937-39; defeated (Republican), 1920;
removed 1934; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1941-59; defeated (Independent), 1938;
died in office 1959.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died November
8, 1959 (age 73 years, 39
days).
Interment at St.
Leo's Catholic Cemetery, Casselton, N.Dak.
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Powless William Lanier (b. 1885) —
also known as Powless W. Lanier —
of Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn.; Jamestown, Stutsman
County, N.Dak.
Born in Fulton, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., March 7,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1911-12; juvenile court judge in
Tennessee, 1913-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Dakota, 1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1932; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1933-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Hill Lanier and Ellen (Cooper) Lanier; married, December
28, 1910, to Mary Louise Roberts. |
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Herschel Lashkowitz (c.1919-1993) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born about 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1954-74; defeated, 1974; Independent candidate for
Governor
of North Dakota, 1960; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1968; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Dakota, 1980.
Died in 1993
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Lemke (1878-1950) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Albany, Stearns
County, Minn., August
13, 1878.
Lawyer; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1916-20; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1926 (Farmer-Labor), 1940; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1933-41, 1943-50; died
in office 1950; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936;
Union candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., May 30,
1950 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Eben Wever Martin (1855-1932) —
also known as Eben W. Martin —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, April
12, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1901-07, 1908, 1909-15
(at-large 1901-07, 1908, 1909-13, 3rd District 1913-15).
Methodist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., May 22,
1932 (age 77 years, 40
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Andrew Miller (1870-1960) —
of Buffalo Center, Winnebago
County, Iowa; Forest City, Winnebago
County, Iowa; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Denmark,
November
16, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Winnebago
County Attorney, 1896; mayor, Forest City, Iowa, 1897-1901; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1909-15; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1922-41; took senior status 1941.
Danish
ancestry.
Died March
17, 1960 (age 89 years, 122
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gideon Curtis Moody (1832-1904) —
also known as Gideon C. Moody —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
16, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1867-69, 1874-75; Speaker
of the Dakota Territory House of Representatives, 1868-69,
1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Dakota
Territory Territory, 1868;
justice
of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1878-83; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1889-91.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
17, 1904 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Cremated.
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David E. Morgan —
of Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio.
Lawyer; district judge in North Dakota, 1889; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1901-11; chief
justice of North Dakota state supreme court, 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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John Moses (1885-1945) —
of Hazen, Mercer
County, N.Dak.
Born in Norway,
June
12, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mercer
County State's Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-33; Governor of
North Dakota, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1945; died in office 1945.
Lutheran.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 3,
1945 (age 59 years, 264
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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Charles T. Murphy (b. 1887) —
of Aurora, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., 1887.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 61, 1915-24.
Burial location unknown.
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Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (1877-1942) —
also known as R. A. Nestos —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Voss, Norway,
April
12, 1877.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1911-12; Ward
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1928; Governor of
North Dakota, 1921-25; defeated in primary, 1924; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1932.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died three days later, in a hospital
at Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., July 15,
1942 (age 65 years, 94
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot, N.Dak.
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Seth Newman (1836-1906) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Russia, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
7, 1836.
Lawyer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1888-90; resigned 1890; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
13, 1906 (age 69 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura F. Newell. |
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George Nordlin (b. 1884) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., May, 1884.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 38, 1917-22; member of
Minnesota
state senate 38th District, 1923-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Daniel Norton (1876-1953) —
also known as Patrick D. Norton —
of Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Mandan, Morton
County, N.Dak.; Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., May 17,
1876.
Republican. Farmer;
lawyer; superintendent
of schools; banker; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1907-11; secretary
of state of North Dakota, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 3rd District, 1913-19; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1928.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks; Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., October
14, 1953 (age 77 years, 150
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot, N.Dak.
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Frank Edward Packard (1880-1961) —
of North Dakota; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Renwick, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
18, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
reporter; lawyer; North Dakota state tax commissioner,
1911-18; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1918-20; attorney for Standard Oil
Company, 1921-46.
Congregationalist.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank D. Packard and Harriet (Olden) Packard; married, September
16, 1903, to Bulah Richardson. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonah Ferris Palmer and Chloe (Mead) Palmer; married, October
20, 1872, to Annis R. Fassett. |
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Hector H. Perry (b. 1876) —
of Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak.
Born in New London, Waupaca
County, Wis., August
20, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of North Dakota
Democratic State Committee, 1912-16, 1928-36; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1914-16, 1928-31; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Dakota, 1916-24, 1932; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1920; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for North Dakota, 1933-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer P. Perry and Caroline J. Perry; married 1900 to Jennie
H. Monty. |
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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.
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; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1896
(speaker);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
5, 1926 (age 78 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Earl Ralph Pomeroy III (b. 1952) —
also known as Earl Pomeroy —
of Valley City, Barnes
County, N.Dak.
Born in Valley City, Barnes
County, N.Dak., September
2, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1981-85; North
Dakota insurance commissioner, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Edward Purcell (1856-1928) —
also known as William E. Purcell —
of Wahpeton, Richland
County, N.Dak.
Born in Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August
3, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Dakota Territory, 1888-89; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Richland
County, 1889; Richland
County State's Attorney, 1889-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Dakota, 1889; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, 1892,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of North
Dakota state senate, 1906-10; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1910-11; defeated, 1914.
Catholic.
Died in 1928
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Wahpeton, N.Dak.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Orson Rice and Anna Lee (Hawker) Rice; married to Ida
Smith. |
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre and Jacob Pederson Sathre; married, April
14, 1912, to Mina Hilstad. |
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Peter Chrystostum Shannon (1821-1899) —
also known as Peter C. Shannon —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New Alexandria, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
25, 1821.
Lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1852-53; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1873-82.
Killed in a carriage
accident in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1899 (age 77 years, 230
days).
Interment at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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James Herbert Sinclair (1871-1943) —
also known as James H. Sinclair —
of Kenmare, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Canada,
October
9, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; farmer; real estate
business; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1919-35 (3rd District 1919-33,
at-large 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died September
5, 1943 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Cremated.
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Ellison Griffith Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Ellison G. Smith —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Noble
County, Ohio, December
5, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1887; circuit judge in South Dakota
1st Circuit, 1889-1909; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1909-23; law
professor.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: 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. |
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Burleigh Folsom Spalding (1853-1934) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born near Craftsbury, Orleans
County, Vt., December
3, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Cass County,
1889; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1899-1901, 1903-05; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1907; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., March
17, 1934 (age 80 years, 104
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Lynn Upshaw Stambaugh (1890-1971) —
also known as Lynn U. Stambaugh —
of North Dakota.
Born in Abilene, Dickinson
County, Kan., July 4,
1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 27,
1971 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Winfield Scott Stambaugh; married 1915 to Enid
Ericson. |
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Alfred Delavan Thomas (1837-1896) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born near Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis., August
11, 1837.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for North Dakota, 1890-96; died in office 1896.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
8, 1896 (age 58 years, 363
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Knut Magnus Wefald (1900-1991) —
also known as Magnus Wefald —
of Hawley, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Hawley, Clay
County, Minn., April
21, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state senate 49th District, 1947-58.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
9, 1991 (age 90 years, 294
days).
Interment at Hawley
Cemetery, Hawley, Minn.
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