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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Brown County, S.Dak.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Kyle"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Henderson Kyle (1854-1901) — also known as James H. Kyle — of Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Born near Xenia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/02-24.html">February 24, 1854</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 33rd District, 1891-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1891-1901; died in office 1901. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/07-01.html">July 1, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 127 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000353">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406505">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3571725675/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/222/60.26.jpg" width=70 height=82 border=0 alt="Charles N. Herreid"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Nelson Herreid (1857-1928) — also known as Charles N. Herreid — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MP-lived.html">McPherson County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-born.html">Dane County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/10-20.html">October 20, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MP-officials.html">McPherson County State's Attorney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MP-officials.html">McPherson County Judge</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1893-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SD.html">South Dakota Republican state chair</a>, 1898-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/SD.html">1916</a>; director, Western Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Insurance</a> Co.; vice-president, Dakota Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Co.; president, Citizens Trust and Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/07-06.html">July 6, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Riverside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of N. Herreid and Tena (Kytle) Herreid; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/">1882</a> to Jeannette E. Slye.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-n-herreid/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles N. Herreid">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms10429">Sacred Heart Cemetery</a> Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lester Thurston Van Slyke (1874-1955) — also known as L. T. Van Slyke — of Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/06-12.html">June 12, 1874</a>. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/pr1912-election.html">1912</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/05-23.html">May 23, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/149530221">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08610">Bath Cemetery</a> Bath, Brown County, South Dakota See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2155121&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Beverly Bean (1882-1940) — also known as Arthur B. Bean — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Howard Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR-born.html">Wright County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/11-11.html">November 11, 1882</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 36th District, 1931-34. Died in Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-died.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/11-06.html">November 6, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at Bath Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-12.html">February 12, 1913</a>, to Edna M. Lang; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-17.html">February 17, 1921</a>, to Verna Mae Reese.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26172453">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05164">Unknown Location</a> Groton, Brown County, South Dakota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dwight Ezra Campbell (1887-1964) — also known as Dwight Campbell — of Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Orange City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/SX-born.html">Sioux County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-05.html">November 5, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; represented <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> in the Dakotas; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 35th District, 1923-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spjd.html">judge of South Dakota state supreme court</a> 5th District, 1925-37. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-sigma-phi.html">Alpha Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/06-15.html">June 15, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 223 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank Ezra Campbell and Cornelia (Bell) Campbell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/11-05.html">November 5, 1912</a>, to Adelaide Pauline Caywood.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06247">Houghton Cemetery</a> Houghton, Brown County, South Dakota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph E. Herseth (1909-1969) — of Houghton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Houghton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/07-02.html">July 2, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">implement dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 22nd District, 1951-52, 1955-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1959-61; defeated, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/SD.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/01-24.html">January 24, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at Houghton Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Lars Herseth and Oline (Afseth) Herseth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-23.html">December 23, 1937</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#098.39.42">Lorna Buntrock</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#574.85.63">Ralph Lars Herseth</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#972.94.88">Stephanie Herseth=Sandlin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13559.html">Herseth family</a> of Houghton, South Dakota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ralph-e-herseth/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lorna B. Herseth (1909-1994) — also known as Lorna Buntrock — of Houghton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak.; Pierre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HU-lived.html">Hughes County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-05.html">April 5, 1909</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of South Dakota</a>, 1973-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/09-08.html">September 8, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at Houghton Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-23.html">December 23, 1937</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#956.23.98">Ralph E. Herseth</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#574.85.63">Ralph Lars Herseth</a>; grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#972.94.88">Stephanie Herseth=Sandlin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13559.html">Herseth family</a> of Houghton, South Dakota.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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