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Politicians in Farm Supply and Services in South Dakota
including fertilizer and farm implement dealers

Elden Elwood Arnold (1900-1978) — also known as Elden E. Arnold — of Britton, Marshall County, S.Dak. Born in Britton, Marshall County, S.Dak., October 3, 1900. Democrat. Farm implement salesman; postmaster; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1955-58. Died in April, 1978 (age 77 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Cara Elden Arnold and Louisa Estelle (Engle) Arnold; married, June 16, 1928, to Bernice Suffa.   Ervin Bader (b. 1920) — of Roscoe, Edmunds County, S.Dak. Born in Java, Walworth County, S.Dak., May 25, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; implement dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1955-60. Lutheran. Member, American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Adeline Spitzer.   W. H. Baggs (1889-1955) — of Yankton, Yankton County, S.Dak. Born in Scranton, Greene County, Iowa, September 27, 1889. Republican. Farm implement dealer; member of South Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1947-52. Died in Yankton County, S.Dak., July 26, 1955 (age 65 years, 302 days). Burial location unknown.   John O. Bard (b. 1829) — of Bard, Hanson County, S.Dak. Born in Orrstown, Franklin County, Pa., 1829. Democrat. Farm implement dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 12th District, 1891-92. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   John Abram Boland (1884-1958) — also known as John A. Boland — of Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., May 2, 1884. Republican. Implement dealer; mayor of Rapid City, S.Dak., 1924; member of South Dakota state senate 40th District, 1929-36; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932 (alternate), 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; United Commercial Travelers. Died in October, 1958 (age 74 years, 0 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Abram C. Boland and Catherine (Green) Boland; married to Nona Ethel Winne.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial H. R. de Malignon (b. 1860) — of Selby, Walworth County, S.Dak. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 19, 1860. Republican. Farmer; farm implement dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 39th District, 1903-06. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Ralph E. Herseth (1909-1969) — of Houghton, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Houghton, Brown County, S.Dak., July 2, 1909. Democrat. Rancher; farmer; implement dealer; member of South Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1951-52, 1955-58; Governor of South Dakota, 1959-61; defeated, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1960. Lutheran. Member, Elks. Died January 24, 1969 (age 59 years, 206 days). Interment at Houghton Cemetery, Houghton, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Lars Herseth and Oline (Afseth) Herseth; married, December 23, 1937, to Lorna Buntrock; father of Ralph Lars Herseth; grandfather of Stephanie Herseth=Sandlin.   Political family: Herseth family of Houghton, South Dakota.   See also National Governors Association biography R. M. Hutchinson (b. 1858) — of Delmont, Douglas County, S.Dak. Born in Henderson County, Ill., September 8, 1858. Democrat. Farmer; grain and livestock dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 8th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04; defeated, 1900. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Joseph Leach — of Runningwater, Bon Homme County, S.Dak. Livestock dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 7th District, 1895-96; member of South Dakota state senate 4th District, 1901-02. Burial location unknown. W. L. Montgomery (b. 1872) — of Chamberlain, Brule County, S.Dak. Born in Rock Island County, Ill., July 7, 1872. Republican. Real estate business; livestock dealer; banker; member of South Dakota state senate 14th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Montgomery and Martha (Parks) Montgomery; married, January 1, 1899, to Lorene M. King.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 C. F. Porter (b. 1861) — of Wilmot, Roberts County, S.Dak. Born in New Haven, Addison County, Vt., October 24, 1861. Republican. Farm implement dealer; banker; real estate business; member of South Dakota state senate 34th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 Christian Rempfer (b. 1859) — of Parkston, Hutchinson County, S.Dak. Born in Russia (part now in Ukraine), July 18, 1859. Republican. Farmer; farm implement dealer; grain buyer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 6th District, 1901-04. Volga German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   John Stedronsky (b. 1872) — of Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.Dak. Born in Lakeport, Yankton County, S.Dak., May 4, 1872. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; hardware and farm implement business; mayor of Wagner, S.D., 1911-14; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1915-18; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1922. Catholic; later Congregationalist. Bohemian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Stedronsky and Marie Stedronsky; married, October 30, 1895, to Emanuela Cernik; married, April 17, 1900, to Emily Tepley. William H. Stoddard — of Hurley, Turner County, S.Dak. Born in Rutland County, Vt. Republican. Farmer; livestock dealer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 5th District, 1899-1900; member of South Dakota state senate 6th District, 1901-06. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Helge Nicholas Tangen (b. 1882) — also known as Helge N. Tangen; Hulge Tangen — of Frederick, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Elverum, Norway, January 11, 1882. Livestock buyer; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1928; Communist candidate for Governor of South Dakota, 1930. Norwegian ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Henry Van Woert (1836-1916) — of Canistota, McCook County, S.Dak. Born in Pompey, Onondaga County, N.Y., September 22, 1836. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; livestock buyer; farmer; member of Dakota territorial House of Representatives, 1883; member of South Dakota state senate 10th District, 1901-02. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., March 27, 1916 (age 79 years, 187 days). Interment at Canistota Cemetery, Canistota, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of David Van Woert and Cathy Elizabeth (Dunsback) Van Woert; married, January 20, 1859, to Maria Jerusha Nourse; first cousin four times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; second cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Lansing family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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