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Scottish ancestry Politicians in South Dakota

Robert Allison (1846-1924) — of Cavour, Beadle County, S.Dak. Born in Wisconsin, March 14, 1846. Republican. Farmer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1895-96. Scottish ancestry. Died October 15, 1924 (age 78 years, 215 days). Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of William Allison and Margaret (Crawford) Allison; married to Bertha Orness.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Quinn Anderson (1866-1937) — also known as John Q. Anderson — of Moore (now Vivian), Lyman County, S.Dak.; Chamberlain, Brule County, S.Dak. Born in La Grange, Lewis County, Mo., January 1, 1866. Republican. Stockman; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 26th District, 1901-02; member of South Dakota state senate 15th District, 1925-26. Scottish ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died February 10, 1937 (age 71 years, 40 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Chamberlain, S.Dak.   Relatives: Married, November 16, 1898, to Clara L. Willson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Brown (b. 1858) — of Chamberlain, Brule County, S.Dak. Born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland, October 12, 1858. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Brule County Judge, 1897-1901; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 2nd District, 1927-31. Congregationalist. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Brown and Agnes (Longmuir) Brown; married, November 10, 1886, to Jessie Benton Schuyler; married 1915 to Martha Barber. Charles Ham (b. 1851) — of Farmingdale, Pennington County, S.Dak.; Piedmont, Meade County, S.Dak.; Grashul, Meade County, S.Dak. Born in Shefford, Quebec, January 6, 1851. Republican. Copper miner; stockman; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1903-06 (45th District 1903-04, 46th District 1905-06); member of South Dakota state senate 41st District, 1919-20. English and Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 James Montgomery Johnston (b. 1867) — also known as James M. Johnston — of Garden City, Clark County, S.Dak.; Bradley, Clark County, S.Dak. Born in High Point, Moniteau County, Mo., June 14, 1867. Republican. Farmer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10 (27th District 1901-04, 32nd District 1909-10); member of South Dakota state senate 29th District, 1919-22. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903   Donald McMurchie (1896-1981) — of Clay County, S.Dak. Born in Clay County, S.Dak., October 2, 1896. Republican. Farmer; bank director; Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1937-41. Congregationalist. Scottish ancestry. Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., November 20, 1981 (age 85 years, 49 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Wakonda, S.Dak.   Relatives: Married to Pearl E. Wallace.   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.   James Skinner Thomson (1866-1953) — also known as James S. Thomson — of Centerville, Turner County, S.Dak. Born in Scotland, November 12, 1866. Republican. Member of South Dakota state senate 6th District, 1907-08; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. Scottish ancestry. Died in Centerville, Turner County, S.Dak., April 4, 1953 (age 86 years, 143 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Centerville, S.Dak.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Garner Waddel (1870-1937) — also known as W. G. Waddel — of Webster, Day County, S.Dak. Born in Grant County, Wis., June 29, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; Day County State's Attorney, 1913-16; member of South Dakota state senate 34th District, 1919-22. Methodist. Scottish and German ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Day County, S.Dak., January 24, 1937 (age 66 years, 209 days). Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Adaville, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of William Warren Waddle and Elizabeth Ann (Garner) Waddle; brother of Fred Waddle; married, July 3, 1900, to Eliza Matilda Otis; fourth cousin of Howard B. Replogle and Luther Irvin Replogle; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Earl Replogle.   Political family: Galt-Replogle family of Martinsdale, Montana.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Fred Waddle (b. 1881) — of Roslyn, Day County, S.Dak.; Nutley Township, Day County, S.Dak. Born in Liberty Township, Plymouth County, Iowa, May 27, 1881. Republican. Farmer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1927-28. Scottish and German ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Warren Waddle and Elizabeth Ann (Garner) Waddle; brother of William Garner Waddel; married, December 27, 1906, to Mattie Brown; fourth cousin of Howard B. Replogle and Luther Irvin Replogle; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Earl Replogle.   Political family: Galt-Replogle family of Martinsdale, Montana.

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