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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in South Dakota

Andrew S. Anderson (1877-1924) — of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak.; Alsen, Clay County, S.Dak. Born in Clay County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), May 23, 1877. Democrat. Farmer; secretary and manager, Alsen, Beresford and Emmet Telephone Company; president, Alsen Creamery Company; member of South Dakota state senate 2nd District, 1911-16. Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Modern Woodmen of America. Died August 11, 1924 (age 47 years, 80 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Solomon Anderson and Margaret (Erickson) Anderson; married 1898 to Olga Berg; married, June 2, 1915, to Anna Marie Martenson. 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.   Relatives: Son of N. Herreid and Tena (Kytle) Herreid; married 1882 to Jeannette E. Slye.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902   Leslie Jensen (1892-1964) — of Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak. Born in Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak., September 15, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for South Dakota, 1921-34; president, People's Telephone and Telegraph Co.; Governor of South Dakota, 1937-39; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Dakota, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Legion. Suffered a head injury in an automobile accident, and died three days later, in St. Johns-McNamara Hospital, Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., December 14, 1964 (age 72 years, 90 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of C. L. Jensen and Lillie May (Haxby) Jensen; married, December 19, 1925, to Elizabeth Ward.   The Leslie Jensen Scenic Drive, in Fall River County, South Dakota, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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