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Lake County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lake County

Index to Locations Madison Graceland Cemetery Madison St. Thomas Cemetery Graceland Cemetery Madison, Lake County, South Dakota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Karl Earl Mundt (1900-1974) — also known as Karl E. Mundt — of Madison, Lake County, S.Dak. Born in Humboldt, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., June 3, 1900. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; real estate and insurance business; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1939-48; U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1948-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956. Member, Izaak Walton League; Kiwanis; Delta Sigma Rho; Pi Kappa Delta; Tau Kappa Alpha. Died in Washington, D.C., August 16, 1974 (age 74 years, 74 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of F. J. Mundt and Rose E. Mundt; married 1924 to Mary Moses.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Barrett Lowe (1902-1972) — Born in Madison, Lake County, S.Dak., July 8, 1902. School teacher; superintendent of schools; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of American Samoa, 1953-56; Governor of Guam, 1956-59. Died in Alexandria, Va., April 16, 1972 (age 69 years, 283 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Solomon Abraham Ayers (1854-1932) — also known as Solomon A. Ayers — of Madison, Lake County, S.Dak. Born in Cuba, Allegany County, N.Y., July 20, 1854. Republican. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 19th District, 1893-94. Died in Madison, Lake County, S.Dak., September 10, 1932 (age 78 years, 52 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Uriah C. Ayers and Phoebe Ann (Hoag) Ayers; married, May 28, 1883, to Agnes Eleanor Ayers.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Thomas Cemetery Madison, Lake County, South Dakota Politicians buried here:   John J. Fitzgerald (1854-1920) — of Madison, Lake County, S.Dak. Born in Iowa, 1854. Member of South Dakota state senate 16th District, 1893-94, 1899-1900. Died December 5, 1920 (age about 66 years). Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery.

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