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Elnathan Benjamin Adams (1881-1946) —
also known as Elnathan B. Adams —
of Walworth
County, S.Dak.; Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Haven, Rutland
County, Vt., May 21,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1908-10, 1914-16; Walworth
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; Fall
River County State's Attorney, 1916-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Kiwanis;
American Bar Association.
Died in South Dakota, May 1,
1946 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.
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Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Arendal, Norway,
January
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; member of South Dakota
Republican State Executive Committee, 1947-48; Governor of
South Dakota, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1955-64;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1970.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in Lake Area Hospital,
Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1990 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Webster Cemetery, Webster, S.Dak.
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Theodore Mead Bailey (1888-1949) —
also known as T. M. Bailey —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), January
14, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1921-22;
member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1925-26; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar Association; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., January
28, 1949 (age 61 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Frank D. Bangs (1878-1935) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., June 19,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1935; died
in office 1935.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks.
Died December
23, 1935 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Joseph Henry Bottum (1903-1984) —
also known as Joe H. Bottum —
of Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Faulkton, Faulk
County, S.Dak., August
7, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Faulk
County State's Attorney, 1933-36; South Dakota director of
taxation, 1937-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Dakota, 1940
(alternate), 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); nominated in primary for Governor of
South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; member of South Dakota
Republican State Central Committee, 1946-48; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1962-63.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., July 4,
1984 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Bartlett E. Boyles (d. 1972) —
also known as Pat Boyles —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Terry, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Lincoln, Neb., 1959-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis;
United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in McAuley Lake Resort, Atikolam, Ontario,
June
7, 1972.
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Park, Lincoln, Neb.
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Image source:
City of Lincoln |
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Newton Dexter Burch (1871-1931) —
also known as N. D. Burch —
of Boyd
County, Neb.; Dallas, Gregory
County, S.Dak.
Born in Stewartsville, DeKalb
County, Mo., June 17,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Boyd
County Attorney, 1903-07; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1921-26;
judge
of South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1926-31; died
in office 1931.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Died March
18, 1931 (age 59 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George N. Burch and Elizabeth (Dexter) Burch; married, March
15, 1899, to Sadie E. Jarman. |
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Edward Raymond Burke (1880-1968) —
also known as Edward R. Burke —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Runningwater, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., November
28, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1935-41.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., November
4, 1968 (age 87 years, 342
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Harlan John Bushfield (1882-1948) —
also known as Harlan J. Bushfield —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, August
6, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1934-38; Governor of
South Dakota, 1939-43; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., September
27, 1948 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1964) —
also known as Dwight Campbell —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, November
5, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
in the Dakotas; member of South
Dakota state senate 35th District, 1923-24; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1925-37.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died June 15,
1964 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Interment somewhere
in Groton, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Ezra Campbell and Cornelia (Bell) Campbell; married, November
5, 1912, to Adelaide Pauline Caywood. |
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U. S. G. Cherry (b. 1863) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lewistown, Logan
County, Ohio, December
2, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1896; candidate for justice of
South Dakota state supreme court, 1904; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1920, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Walter Conway (b. 1898) —
also known as Walter Conway —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., November
13, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel J. Conway and Jennie Frances (Conness) Conway; married, April
17, 1927, to Ann G. English. |
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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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George Jonathan Danforth (1875-1952) —
also known as George J. Danforth —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Meeme, Manitowoc
County, Wis., November
21, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1910-11; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1919-22; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1930, 1938.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March
30, 1952 (age 76 years, 130
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Ray E. Dougherty (b. 1895) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, July 11,
1895.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
candidate for South
Dakota state attorney general, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Dougherty and Sarah Ann (Judkins) Dougherty; married,
June
30, 1920, to Julia Newell Treat. |
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Frank Leroy Farrar (b. 1929) —
also known as Frank L. Farrar —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak., April 2,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1963-69; Governor of
South Dakota, 1969-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1994.
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Edmund Walter Fiske (b. 1874) —
also known as E. W. Fiske —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in London, Ontario,
of American parents, April
12, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1919-21.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Romanzo Eliot Fiske and Mary Ann (Lince) Fiske; married, December
11, 1901, to Martha Thomas. |
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Robert Jackson Gamble (1851-1924) —
also known as Robert J. Gamble —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Akron, Genesee
County, N.Y., February
7, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-13.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
22, 1924 (age 73 years, 228
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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John Howard Gates (1865-1927) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa, October
26, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; American Bar Association; Kiwanis.
Died November
8, 1927 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cook Gates and Adelia (St. John) Gates; married, November
13, 1899, to Mary Edna Carter. |
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Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) —
also known as Buell F. Jones —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spain, Marshall
County, S.Dak., November
25, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Theta Phi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones; married to Florence
Bockler. |
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Steve T. Kirby (b. 1952) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March
26, 1952.
Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1993-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1993.
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Byron Samuel Payne (b. 1876) —
also known as Byron S. Payne —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born near Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., February
2, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1919-23.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Modern
Woodmen of America; Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis;
American Bar Association; Sons
of Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Spencer Payne and Charlotte Elizabeth (Woodworth) Payne;
brother of Jason
Elihu Payne. |
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Jason Elihu Payne (1874-1941) —
also known as Jason E. Payne —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., January
22, 1874.
Republican. Lost his
right arm as a youth, in an accident with a runaway team of
horses; college
instructor; lawyer; law
professor; member of South
Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1903-06.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar Association.
An enraged litigant, Ozzie Kirby, tried to
kill him in in 1940; Kirby also shot and killed Payne's law
partner.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and died several weeks later as a result, in a hospital
at Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak., September
11, 1941 (age 67 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byron Spencer Payne and Charlotte Elizabeth (Woodworth) Payne;
brother of Byron
Samuel Payne; married, July 20,
1905, to Iwae E. Sheppard. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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George Philip (b. 1880) —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Fort Augustus, Scotland,
July
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1934-47.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Philip and Catherine (McLaren) Philip; married, May 30,
1911, to Alice Isle Waldron. |
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March
29, 1942.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1992.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Emmett C. Ryan (b. 1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1922; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1937-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel B. Ryan and Harriet A. (Nee) Ryan; married to Isabel M.
Leutwein. |
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Richard W. Sabers (b. 1938) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Salem, McCook
County, S.Dak., February
12, 1938.
Justice
of South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1986-.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 1993.
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Leo Albert Temmey (1894-1975) —
also known as Leo A. Temmey —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Onida, Sully
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Beadle
County State's Attorney, 1930-35; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1939-43; nominated in primary for
Governor
of South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; major in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1960-72; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1964.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died April
22, 1975 (age 80 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arch Rollin Tuthill (b. 1907) —
also known as Arch R. Tuthill —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Hot Springs, Fall River
County, S.Dak., June 19,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James William Tuthill and Fay (Ames) Tuthill; married, November
10, 1932, to Helen Edward. |
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Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) —
of Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coles Station, Coles
County, Ill., November
23, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Stanley
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner; married 1908 to
Harriet Brown. |
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