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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in South Dakota

Seth Bullock (1847-1919) — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont.; Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Ontario, July 23, 1847. Republican. Member of Montana territorial senate, 1871-72; Lewis and Clark County Sheriff, 1873; hardware dealer; hotel owner; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916. Died, in the Bullock Hotel, Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak., September, 1919 (age 72 years, 0 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.   Relatives: Married to Martha Marguerite Eccles.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Lawrence Hafner (1891-1984) — also known as Frank L. Hafner — of Kadoka, Jackson County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak. Born in Michigan, February 20, 1891. Republican. Barber; hotel proprietor; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1939-44 (61st District 1933-36, 48th District 1939-44); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956; member of South Dakota state senate 15th District, 1961-62; appointed 1961. Died in February, 1984 (age about 93 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Hafner and Mary Catherine (Ulrich) Hafner; brother of Mathias E. Hafner; married, August 11, 1915, to Mae Harrington.   Wesley Herrman (1897-1954) — of Kadoka, Jackson County, S.Dak. Born in Alton, Madison County, Ill., June 12, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; tourist court operator; insurance business; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 48th District, 1949-52. Member, American Legion. Died in Hand County, S.Dak., April 25, 1954 (age 56 years, 317 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1939 to Helen Groth. H. C. Mussman (b. 1853) — of Chamberlain, Brule County, S.Dak. Born in Cook County, Ill., April 25, 1853. Republican. Hotel-keeper; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903

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