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Sigurd Anderson (1904-1990) —
of Webster, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Arendal, Norway,
January
22, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Day
County State's Attorney, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1947-51; member of South Dakota
Republican State Executive Committee, 1947-48; Governor of
South Dakota, 1951-55; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1955-64;
circuit judge in South Dakota, 1970.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from prostate
cancer and pneumonia,
in Lake Area Hospital,
Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., December
21, 1990 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Webster Cemetery, Webster, S.Dak.
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Edward Backlund (1893-1978) —
also known as Ed Backlund —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., December
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; insurance
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1953-56.
Lutheran.
Member, Farmers
Union; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in November, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie. |
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John Erwin Bibby (1920-2003) —
also known as John E. Bibby —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., November
21, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; creamery
manager; mens wear
retailer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1963-74; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1975-82.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Jaycees;
Elks;
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Suffered cardiac
arrest while sailing
on Green Lake, Spicer, Minn., and died two weeks later, in Brookings
Hospital,
Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., July 26,
2003 (age 82 years, 247
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Irwin John 'Jake' Bibby and Ruth Edith (Erwin) Bibby; married 1947 to Jean
Frances Starksen; married 1993 to Mary
McClure; father of John Francis 'Jay' Bibby. |
| | | Epitaph: "Devoted
Citizen." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) —
also known as Nils A. Boe —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltic, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., September
10, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1951-58; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1955-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1963-65; Governor of
South Dakota, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
Pres. Richard
Nixon, 1969-71; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1971-77.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association.
Died July 30,
1992 (age 78 years, 324
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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John James Exon (1921-2005) —
also known as J. James Exon; Jim Exon —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Geddes, Charles Mix
County, S.Dak., August
9, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1964,
1972,
1976,
1988,
1992,
1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004;
member of Nebraska
Democratic State Central Committee, 1964-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska, 1968-70, 1981-83; Governor of
Nebraska, 1971-79; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club; Eagles;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., June 10,
2005 (age 83 years, 305
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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John Chandler Gurney (1896-1985) —
also known as J. Chandler Gurney; Chan
Gurney —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., May 21,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; nurseryman;
seed
grower; oil
business; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1939-51; defeated, 1936.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., March 9,
1985 (age 88 years, 292
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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G. Homer Harding (b. 1925) —
of South Dakota.
Born December
7, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1971-88; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1991-; defeated, 1994.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Still living as of 1994.
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Frank E. Henderson (b. 1928) —
of South Dakota.
Born in Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak., April 7,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1965-66, 1969-70; circuit judge in South
Dakota, 1975-78; justice of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1979-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Still living as of 1993.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Stanley McGovern (1922-2012) —
also known as George McGovern —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Avon, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak., July 19,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1957-61; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81; defeated, 1980; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1984;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, in Dougherty Hospice
House, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., October
21, 2012 (age 90 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph C. McGovern and Frances (McLean) McGovern; married, October
31, 1943, to Eleanor Fay Stegeberg. |
| | | Cross-reference: Owen
J. Donley — Frank
Mankiewicz |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by George McGovern: The
Third Freedom : Ending Hunger in Our Time (2001) — Terry
: My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism
(1996) — Grassroots
: The Autobiography of George McGovern (1977) — Agricultural
Thought in the Twentieth Century (1967) — An
American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George
McGovern (1974) — The
Great Coalfield War (1972) — The
Essential America : Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition
(2004) |
| | | Books about George McGovern: Robert Sam
Anson, McGovern:
A Biography — Nicholas Max, President
McGovern's First Term — Gary Hart, Right
from the Start; A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign —
Kristi Witker, How
to lose everything in politics except Massachusetts —
Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Joshua M. Glasser, The
Eighteen-Day Running Mate: McGovern, Eagleton, and a Campaign in
Crisis |
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Larry Lee Pressler (b. 1942) —
also known as Larry Pressler —
of Humboldt, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., March
29, 1942.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97; defeated, 1996; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1992.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Leo Albert Temmey (1894-1975) —
also known as Leo A. Temmey —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Onida, Sully
County, S.Dak., November
6, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Beadle
County State's Attorney, 1930-35; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1939-43; nominated in primary for
Governor
of South Dakota 1942, inconclusive primary; major in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1960-72; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died April
22, 1975 (age 80 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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