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Politicians in Railroading in South Dakota

Edwin A. Beck (born c.1913) — of Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in South Dakota, about 1913. Democrat. Railway trainman; member of Washington state senate 5th District, 1945-47. Burial location unknown.   Warren E. Beck (b. 1883) — of Geddes, Charles Mix County, S.Dak. Born in Harrisburg, Lincoln County, S.Dak., January 27, 1883. Democrat. Railway station agent; candidate for U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias; Order of Railroad Telegraphers. President, South Dakota State Federation of Labor. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Elias S. Beck and Delia (Klapp) Beck.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial William M. Brown (b. 1843) — of Corning, Steuben County, N.Y.; Brooklyn Township, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Born in May, 1843. Republican. Railway conductor; farmer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1903-06. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1964) — also known as Dwight Campbell — of Aberdeen, Brown County, S.Dak. Born in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, November 5, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; represented railroads in the Dakotas; member of South Dakota state senate 35th District, 1923-24; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 5th District, 1925-37. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Alpha Sigma Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Lions. Died June 15, 1964 (age 76 years, 223 days). Interment somewhere in Groton, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Frank Ezra Campbell and Cornelia (Bell) Campbell; married, November 5, 1912, to Adelaide Pauline Caywood.   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.   Relatives: Son of Robert Crawford and Sarah (Shannon) Crawford; married, October 4, 1884, to May Robinson; married, November 26, 1896, to Lavinia Robinson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Fred Herman Hildebrandt (1874-1956) — also known as Fred H. Hildebrandt — of Watertown, Codington County, S.Dak. Born in West Bend, Washington County, Wis., August 2, 1874. Democrat. Railroad worker; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 29th District, 1923-24; chairman, South Dakota Game and Fish Commission, 1927-31; U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1933-39; defeated, 1924, 1928, 1930; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1938; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1944 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee). Died in Bradenton, Manatee County, Fla., January 26, 1956 (age 81 years, 177 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Herman A. Hildebrandt (1848-1924) — of Watertown, Codington County, S.Dak. Born in Germany, May 26, 1848. Republican. Railway station agent; bookkeeper; Codington County Sheriff, 1899-1902; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1903-04. Died March 23, 1924 (age 75 years, 302 days). Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 T. W. Lane (b. 1857) — of Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.Dak. Born in Freeport, Stephenson County, Ill., 1857. Republican. Railway brakeman; railway conductor; rancher; stockman; member of South Dakota state senate 19th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) — also known as Zack T. Sutley — of Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana County, Pa., May 1, 1848. Democrat. Farmer; postmaster; livery business; railroad builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908; Honorary Vice-President, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author. German and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., April 17, 1930 (age 81 years, 351 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Sutley and Jane (Hays) Sutley; married 1884 to Emma Starkweather; married, January 28, 1911, to Olive B. Woods; married to Anna Bard; second cousin thrice removed of Irvin Hamilton Sutley Jr. and Richard Michael Sutley.   Political family: Sutley family of California.

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