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Clergy Politicians in South Dakota

Orville Samuel Basford (1848-1926) — also known as Orville S. Basford — of Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak.; Linneus, Linn County, Mo. Born in Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vt., August 29, 1848. Republican. Methodist minister; postmaster; South Dakota Republican state chair, 1894-95; newspaper editor and publisher; South Dakota State Insurance Commissioner, 1907. Methodist. Died in Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak., October 27, 1926 (age 78 years, 59 days). Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery, Redfield, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Basford and Henrietta (Kingsbury) Basford; married, August 21, 1870, to Arminda Malvina Blake; second cousin twice removed of Eleazer Pomeroy; fourth cousin of Daniel Eleazer Pomeroy; fourth cousin once removed of James Brooks.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George S. S. Codington — also known as G. S. S. Codington — of Medary, Brookings County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Minister; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1877-78. Congregationalist or Presbyterian. Died of tuberculosis in Wisconsin. Burial location unknown.   Codington County, S.Dak. is named for him.   Barbara Elkjer (born c.1947) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born about 1947. Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004. Steve Hickey (b. 1967) — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 4, 1967. Republican. Pastor; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 2011-15; in 2015-16, as a pastor and conservative state legislator, he teamed up with an openly gay former deputy director of Barack Obama's presidential campaign to sponsor a successful ballot initiative to cap payday loan rates in South Dakota at 36%. Evangelical Christian. Still living as of 2016.   See also Wikipedia article — Encyclopedia of American Loons   Image source: Steve Hickey campaign website (2014)   Roland N. Holsaple (1876-1940) — also known as R. N. Holsaple — of Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; South Dakota; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Minnesota; Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Monroeville, Allen County, Ind., April 11, 1876. Republican. Minister; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died, of pneumonia, in Pleasant Home Hospital, Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich., October 31, 1940 (age 64 years, 203 days). Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.   Relatives: Married, May 11, 1899, to Gertrude Ann Perry.   Paul Peter Kleinsasser (1877-1972) — also known as Paul P. Kleinsasser — of Freeman, Hutchinson County, S.Dak. Born in Radekhiv, Ukraine, March 20, 1877. Farmer; pastor; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-08, 1917-18 (6th District 1907-08, 7th District 1917-18); member of South Dakota state senate 7th District, 1919-22. Hutterite. Volga German ancestry. Died in Freeman, Hutchinson County, S.Dak., June 6, 1972 (age 95 years, 78 days). Interment at Freeman Cemetery, Freeman, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Paul Kleinsasser and Anna (Tschetter) Kleinsasser; brother of John Pierpont Kleinsasser; married 1900 to Anna Wollman.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Henry Nolt (1875-1949) — also known as John H. Nolt — of Mt. Vernon, Davison County, S.Dak.; Loomis, Davison County, S.Dak.; Clarkston, Asotin County, Wash. Born in Sauk County, Wis., December 15, 1875. Preacher; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. Nazarene. Died in Clarkston, Asotin County, Wash., February 7, 1949 (age 73 years, 54 days). Interment at Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho.   Relatives: Son of John H. Nolt and Julia (Morgan) Nolt; married 1902 to Grace Mae Royer.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) — also known as John P. Richmond — of Schuyler County, Ill. Born in Middletown, Frederick County, Md., August 11, 1811. Democrat. Physician; minister; in 1840, he officiated at the first Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841, he delivered the first Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Schuyler County, 1862; postmaster. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in South Dakota, August 28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17 days). Interment at Tyndall Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond; married 1835 to America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty Gristy.

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