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Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) —
also known as Clinton P. Anderson —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Centerville, Turner
County, S.Dak., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; insurance
business; New Mexico
Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico
state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1936,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following a stroke,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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G. W. Anderson (b. 1853) —
of Manchester, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sweden,
November
24, 1853.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1895-98.
Presbyterian. Swedish
ancestry. Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Harlan John Bushfield (1882-1948) —
also known as Harlan J. Bushfield —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa, August
6, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1934-38; Governor of
South Dakota, 1939-43; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1940;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Dakota, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., September
27, 1948 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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Vera Cahalan Bushfield (1889-1976) —
also known as Vera E. Cahalan —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., August
9, 1889.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1948.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., April
16, 1976 (age 86 years, 251
days).
Interment at G.A.R.
Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.
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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.
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Hyatt Elmer Covey (b. 1875) —
also known as H. E. Covey —
of Hamill, Tripp
County, S.Dak.
Born in Le Roy, McLean
County, Ill., September
1, 1875.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 26th District, 1919-26; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1927-29.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange;
Farmers
Union.
Interment at Winner
Cemetery, Winner, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of James R. Covey and Lizzie Fox (Jones) Covey; married to Della Lois
Baldwin. |
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Coe Isaac Crawford (1858-1944) —
also known as Coe I. Crawford —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born near Volney, Allamakee
County, Iowa, January
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Hughes
County State's Attorney, 1886-88; member
Dakota territorial council, 1889; member of South
Dakota state senate 24th District, 1889-90; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1893-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1896; attorney for
Chicago & North Western Railroad,
1897-1905; Governor of
South Dakota, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1909-15.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., April
25, 1944 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Municipal
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Frank Leroy Farrar (b. 1929) —
also known as Frank L. Farrar —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak., April 2,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1963-69; Governor of
South Dakota, 1969-71.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1994.
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Charles Nelson Herreid (1857-1928) —
also known as Charles N. Herreid —
of McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dane
County, Wis., October
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; McPherson
County State's Attorney; McPherson
County Judge; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1893-97; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1898-1900; Governor of
South Dakota, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1916;
director, Western Mutual Life
Insurance Co.; vice-president, Dakota Central Telephone
Co.; president, Citizens Trust and Savings Bank.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died July 6,
1928 (age 70 years, 260
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Aberdeen, S.Dak.
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Charles Lewis Hoover (1872-1949) —
also known as Charles L. Hoover —
of Edgemont, Fall River
County, S.Dak.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, January
11, 1872.
Superintendent
of schools; botanist;
linguist;
divisional superintendent of schools, Philippine Islands, 1902-09;
U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1909-12; Carlsbad, 1912-14; Prague, 1914-16; Sao Paulo, 1916-20; Danzig, as of 1922; Batavia, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam, as of 1928-32.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
30, 1949 (age 77 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel A. Hoover and Miriam J. (Beardsley) Hoover; married to
Harriet White; married, October
1, 1901, to Helen E. Lowrie; distant cousin *** of Herbert
Clark Hoover. |
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family of Palo Alto, California. |
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Buell Fay Jones (b. 1892) —
also known as Buell F. Jones —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.
Born in Spain, Marshall
County, S.Dak., November
25, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1923-29; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Theta Phi; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Even N. Jones and Ellen (Hughes) Jones; married to Florence
Bockler. |
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Gustav O. Kundert (1913-2000) —
also known as Gust Kundert —
of Mound City, Campbell
County, S.Dak.
Born in Java, Walworth
County, S.Dak., December
7, 1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; accountant;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 25th District, 1983-88.
Presbyterian. Volga
German ancestry.
Died in Yorkville, Kendall
County, Ill., March
23, 2000 (age 86 years, 107
days).
Interment at Mound City Cemetery, Mound City, S.Dak.
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James M. Magness (1890-1977) —
also known as Jim Magness —
of St. Lawrence, Hand
County, S.Dak.; Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ute, Monona
County, Iowa, June 27,
1890.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
cattle
raiser; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1933-34; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1954; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1958; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died, in the Good Samaritan Center nursing
home, Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1977 (age 87 years, 132
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery, St. Lawrence, S.Dak.
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James Wallace McCarter (1872-1939) —
also known as James W. McCarter —
of Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Born in Jarvis, Ontario,
July
29, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in South Dakota, 1910-13; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1918.
Presbyterian. Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in 1939
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry McCoy (b. 1855) —
also known as James H. McCoy —
of Britton, Marshall
County, S.Dak.; Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Oakley, Macon
County, Ill., July 14,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Secret
Service agent; Marshall
County Auditor, 1887-88; county judge in South Dakota, 1889-93;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1902-09; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1909-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John Irving McNeil (b. 1877) —
of Wessington, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., May 22,
1877.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1912.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Gladys Pyle (1890-1989) —
also known as Mrs. John L. Pyle —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., October
1, 1890.
Republican. Insurance
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 24th District, 1923-26; secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1927-31; nominated in primary for Governor of
South Dakota 1930, inconclusive primary; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938-39; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1940.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
She was the first
woman to be elected U.S. Senator.
Died in Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak., March
14, 1989 (age 98 years, 164
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Huron, S.Dak.
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Arthur George Sievers (1909-2006) —
also known as A. G. Sievers —
of Bridgewater, McCook
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bridgewater, McCook
County, S.Dak., November
7, 1909.
Merchant;
McCook
County Highway Superintendent, 1935-38; member of South
Dakota state senate 8th District, 1957-60.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry.
Died in Freeman, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., March
17, 2006 (age 96 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maria (Fluth) Sievers and Henry Sievers; married to Ima
Benning. |
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Merton Baird Tice (b. 1909) —
also known as Merton B. Tice —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bison, Perkins
County, S.Dak., December
7, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1946.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward E. Wagner (b. 1874) —
of Alexandria, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lyon
County, Iowa, October
22, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Hanson
County State's Attorney, 1901-02; member of South
Dakota state senate 11th District, 1905-06; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1907-13.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Wagner and Louisa E. (Conklin) Wagner; married, July 10,
1894, to Alice Tresslar. |
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George W. Wright (b. 1872) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Illinois, 1872.
Republican. Realtor;
member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1924-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Luella Biddle. |
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George W. Wuest (b. 1924) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Lake Andes, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak., February
3, 1924.
Circuit judge in South Dakota, 1965-84; justice of
South Dakota state supreme court, 1985-86, 1986- (2nd District
1985-86, 5th District 1986-93); chief
justice of South Dakota state supreme court, 1986-90.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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