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Usher Lloyd Burdick (1879-1960) —
also known as Usher L. Burdick —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
21, 1879.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1911-12; Williams
County State's Attorney, 1913; law partner of ex-Gov. John
Burke in 1920s; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1935-45, 1949-59;
defeated, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons of the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
19, 1960 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Marcus F. Jensen (1908-2001) —
of Douglas (now part of Juneau),
Alaska.
Born in Westhope, Bottineau
County, N.Dak., August
8, 1908.
Democrat. Mayor
of Douglas, Alaska, 1945-47, 1961-64; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1949-50;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1953-56; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, February
6, 2001 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Shrine
of St. Therese, Juneau, Alaska.
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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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