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Physician Politicians in South Dakota
including Surgeons and Osteopaths

Albert S. Amerman (1849-1903) — of Rochford, Pennington County, S.Dak. Born in Ohio, January 7, 1849. Republican. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1893-96. Died, from dropsy (congestive heart failure), in Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., October 6, 1903 (age 54 years, 272 days). Interment at Bell Park Cemetery, Rochford, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of John Amerman and Emeline (Castner) Amerman; married to Nettie A. DeWitt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) — also known as F. N. Burdick — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham County, Vt. Born in Guilford, Windham County, Vt., September 14, 1839. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; newspaper editor; member Dakota territorial council, 1883-84. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died, from arteriosclerosis and interstitial nephritis, in Guilford, Windham County, Vt., February 22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Thompson Edwin Burdick and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick; married, September 2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis.   Epitaph: "Physician and Friend."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter Atwood Burleigh (1820-1896) — also known as Walter A. Burleigh — of Yankton, Yankton County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Miles City, Custer County, Mont. Born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, October 25, 1820. Republican. Physician; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1865-69; defeated, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1870-72; member Dakota territorial council, 1877-78; President of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1877; delegate to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; member of Montana state house of representatives, 1890; member of South Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1893-94. Died March 7, 1896 (age 75 years, 134 days). Interment at Yankton Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son-in-law of Andrew Jackson Faulk.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Gilbert Geoffrey Cottam (b. 1873) — also known as Gilbert G. Cottam — of Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Manchester, England, August 2, 1873. Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Episcopalian. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Henry Cottam and Eliza Mary (Warburton) Cottam; married, June 16, 1896, to F. May Isham Ruddick.   Jacob George Kleinsasser (1887-1965) — also known as Jacob G. Kleinsasser — of Bowdon, Wells County, N.Dak.; Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme County, S.Dak. Born in Hutchinson County, S.Dak., April 14, 1887. Democrat. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-34. German ancestry. Died in 1965 (age about 78 years). Interment at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Joseph J. Kleinsasser and Susana J. (Waldner) Kleinsasser; married, July 9, 1911, to Anna June Wipf.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   C. W. Locke — of Garretson, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1901-02. Burial location unknown.   John J. Mertens (born c.1870) — of Lebanon, Potter County, S.Dak.; Hoven, Potter County, S.Dak.; Gettysburg, Potter County, S.Dak. Born in Wisconsin, about 1870. Physician; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 40th District, 1909-12; member of South Dakota state senate 36th District, 1921-24. German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   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. William Gardner Smith (b. 1853) — also known as William G. Smith — of Sturgis, Meade County, S.Dak. Born in Northfield, Washington County, Maine, August 16, 1853. School teacher; physician; South Dakota railroad commissioner, 1899-1911. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Hancock Smith and Lucy (Gardner) Smith; married, August 27, 1885, to Nellie S. Williams.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903

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