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James Abdnor (1923-2012) —
also known as Jim Abdnor; Ellis James
Abdnor —
of Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Kennebec, Lyman
County, S.Dak., February
13, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; school
teacher; athletic
coach; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1957-68 (29th District 1957-66, 24th
District 1967-68); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1965-66; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1973-81; defeated
in primary, 1970; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87; defeated, 1986;
administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, 1987-89; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1992.
Methodist;
later Lutheran. Lebanese
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Farmers
Union; Grange;
Sigma
Chi; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, at Dougherty Hospice
House, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., May 16,
2012 (age 89 years, 93
days).
Interment at Kennebec Cemetery, Kennebec, S.Dak.
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Alan Aker (b. 1963) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., October
10, 1963.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state senate 35th District, 1995-.
Lutheran. Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1995.
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Robert A. Amundsen (b. 1938) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July 12,
1938.
Circuit judge in South Dakota, 1987-91; justice of
South Dakota state supreme court 4th District, 1991-.
Lutheran. Member, Elks.
Still living as of 1993.
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Art B. Anderson (1891-1978) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Clarkfield, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn., May 15,
1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil jobber;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1941-46;
member of South
Dakota state senate, 1947-48, 1951-70 (7th District 1947-48,
1951-66, 11th District 1967-70); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1957-58.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in January, 1978
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jennie E. Jackson. |
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Frank Anderson (b. 1870) —
of Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1919-21; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1921-25.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Iver Anderson and Kari (Ericksen) Anderson; married to Sophie
Knudson. |
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L. V. Anderson (1900-1987) —
of Clearfield, Tripp
County, S.Dak.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
14, 1900.
Democrat. Farmer; rancher;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 41st District, 1959-60.
Lutheran. Member, Farmers
Union.
Died in Tripp
County, S.Dak., August
26, 1987 (age 87 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Florence Vauser. |
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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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Edward Backlund (1893-1978) —
also known as Ed Backlund —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., December
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1953-56.
Lutheran. Member, Farmers
Union; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in November, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie. |
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Adeline Spitzer. |
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Oscar Beck (b. 1892) —
of Greeley, Weld
County, Colo.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., March 3,
1892.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; mayor
of Greeley, Colo., 1954-59.
Lutheran. Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Benson (b. 1873) —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born in Norway,
January
12, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 21st District, 1915-20; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of South
Dakota state senate 17th District, 1923-26.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of B. T. Benson and Valborg (Tjorn) Benson; married to Iva
Minier. |
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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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Hilbert David Bogue (1902-1996) —
also known as Hilbert Bogue —
of Beresford, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., May 18,
1902.
Republican. Farmer; livestock
feeder; member of South
Dakota state senate 6th District, 1955-62; President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1961-62.
Lutheran. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died May 13,
1996 (age 93 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.
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Olaf Eidem (b. 1875) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 23,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Brookings
County State's Attorney, 1906-10; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1924;
U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1926-34.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Eidem and Randi (Hoffstad) Eidem; married, August
25, 1904, to Gertrude Jerde. |
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David Foote (1897-1973) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak., September
5, 1897.
Republican. Gold milling, Homestake Mining Co.,
Lead, S.D., 1915-20; pumper, Standard Oil
Refinery, Casper, Wyo., from 1920; musician; photographer;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1939, 1943-51.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Toastmasters.
Died in April, 1973
(age 75
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Foote and Catherine (Barr) Foote; married 1917 to Myrtle
Gladys Hanson. |
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Peter Bergenius Garberg (1882-1951) —
also known as Peter B. Garberg —
of Reeder, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Revillo, Grant
County, S.Dak., December
25, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1914-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920-23; candidate for North
Dakota state attorney general, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1929-33.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Elks; Sons of
Norway.
Died in 1951
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Recaboth
Cemetery, Albee, S.Dak.
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Carl A. Grinde (1857-1943) —
of Dell Rapids, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Norway,
January
9, 1857.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1893-94.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry.
Died March
25, 1943 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Interment at St. Angsar Cemetery, Colton, S.Dak.
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Archie M. Gubbrud (1910-1987) —
of near Alcester, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Norway Township, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., December
31, 1910.
Republican. Farmer; bank
director; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1951-60; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1959-60; Governor of
South Dakota, 1961-65; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1968; state director, U.S. Farmer's
Home Administration, 1969-77.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, from complications of lung
cancer, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April
26, 1987 (age 76 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lands
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hudson, S.Dak.
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Albert O. Hamre (1915-1993) —
also known as Al Hamre —
of Willow Lake, Clark
County, S.Dak.
Born in Willow Lake, Clark
County, S.Dak., September
29, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; merchant;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 27th District, 1955-58; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-69; South
Dakota state auditor, 1963-67.
Lutheran. Member, American
Legion.
Died September
13, 1993 (age 77 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Eliason. |
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Gustav Holden Helgerson (1875-1965) —
also known as Gus H. Helgerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill., September
25, 1875.
Republican. Hardware
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1909-12;
member of South
Dakota state senate 13th District, 1913-14; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1917-21; insurance
business.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July, 1965
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery, Blendon Township, Davison County, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Barney Helgerson and Laura Marie (Larson) Helgerson; married to
Blanche Fern Hamilton. |
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Lorna B. Herseth (1909-1994) —
also known as Lorna Buntrock —
of Houghton, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak., April 5,
1909.
Secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1973-79.
Female.
Lutheran.
Died September
8, 1994 (age 85 years, 156
days).
Interment at Houghton
Cemetery, Houghton, S.Dak.
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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.
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Stephanie Herseth=Sandlin (b. 1970) —
also known as Stephanie Herseth —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Houghton, Brown
County, S.Dak., December
3, 1970.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2004-; defeated, 2002,
2010.
Female.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert William Hirsch (1925-2004) —
also known as Robert W. Hirsch —
of Tripp, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak.
Born October
12, 1925.
Republican. Lawyer; Hutchinson
County State's Attorney, 1953-57; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1957-69 (4th District 1957-66, 14th District
1967-69); resigned 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1972.
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Kappa Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died February
24, 2004 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Doris Jean Brosz. |
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Herman Jacobs (b. 1897) —
of Alcester, Union
County, S.Dak.
Born in Union
County, S.Dak., November
15, 1897.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 1st District, 1959-62.
Lutheran. Member, Farmers
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elsie Hamilton. |
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William John Janklow (1939-2012) —
also known as William J. Janklow; Bill
Janklow —
of South Dakota.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1939.
Republican. South
Dakota state attorney general, 1975-79; Governor of
South Dakota, 1979-87, 1995-2002; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2003-04; resigned 2004.
Lutheran.
Involved in a traffic accident in 2003 when he ran a stop
sign and hit a motorcyclist; convicted
of second-degree
manslaughter; sentenced
to 100 days in jail and
three years probation.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., January
12, 2012 (age 72 years, 121
days).
Interment at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, S.Dak.
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Timothy Peter Johnson (b. 1946) —
also known as Tim Johnson —
of Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1979-82; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1983-86; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1987-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1997-.
Lutheran. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Vernon L. Larson (b. 1948) —
also known as Vern Larson —
of Vivian, Lyman
County, S.Dak.
Born in Vivian, Lyman
County, S.Dak., October
25, 1948.
Republican. South
Dakota state auditor, 1979-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 2008.
Lutheran. Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Shriners;
Jaycees;
Izaak
Walton League; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2008.
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Arthur Calvin Mellette (1842-1896) —
also known as Arthur C. Mellette —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Henry
County, Ind., June 23,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Indiana
state house of representatives, 1871-75; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1889; Governor of
South Dakota, 1889-93.
Lutheran. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan., May 25,
1896 (age 53 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.
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Peter Norbeck (1870-1936) —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Born in Vermillion, Clay
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), August
27, 1870.
Republican. Well
driller; member of South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1909-14; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1915-17; Governor of
South Dakota, 1917-21; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36; died in office 1936; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924
(speaker),
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Lutheran. Swedish
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died December
20, 1936 (age 66 years, 115
days).
Interment at Bloomington
Church Cemetery, Platte, S.Dak.
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Walter Vincent Nordstrom (1914-1967) —
also known as Walter Nordstrom —
of Brandon, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Garretson, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., February
24, 1914.
Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1955-58;
member of South
Dakota state senate, 1959-67 (7th District 1959-66, 11th District
1967); died in office 1967.
Lutheran. Member, Sertoma.
Died May 29,
1967 (age 53 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Leona Hagen. |
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Gabriel Bie Ravndal (1866-1950) —
also known as G. Bie Ravndal —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Norway,
June
22, 1866.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1893-94;
U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1898-1905; Dawson, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1906-10; Constantinople, 1910-17, 1919-24; St. Nazaire, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; Zurich, as of 1926-27; Hamburg, as of 1929; Berlin, 1930.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March
23, 1950 (age 83 years, 274
days).
Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,
Fillmore County, Minn.
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Rolland W. Redlin (1920-2011) —
also known as Rollie Redlin —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lambert, Richland
County, Mont., February
29, 1920.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1952; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1959-63, 1973-2000; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Farmers
Union; Sons of
Norway; Kiwanis.
Died in Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak., September
23, 2011 (age 91 years, 0
days).
Interment at Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, N.Dak.
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Edward John Thye (1896-1969) —
also known as Edward J. Thye —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.
Born near Frederick, Brown
County, S.Dak., April
26, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1943; Governor of
Minnesota, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1944,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Lutheran. Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., August
28, 1969 (age 73 years, 124
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Northfield, Minn.
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