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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Minnehaha County, S.Dak.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Pleasant Cemetery</a> <li><b>Sioux Falls</b> <a href="cms05983">St. Michael Cemetery</a> <li><b>Sioux Falls</b> <a href="cms02395">Woodlawn Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Minnehaha Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=97251&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lars Joseph Aga (1854-1930)</b> — also known as <b>Lars J. Aga</b> — of Bancroft Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn.; Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak.; Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Ullensvang, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-06.html">April 6, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1891-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LK-died.html">Lake County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/10-09.html">October 9, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 186 days</a>). Interment at Minnehaha 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Ingeborg Serina (Tronsdatter) Aga and Jacob Olson Aga; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/10-23.html">October 23, 1877</a>, to Inger Mathea Smeby.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63970105">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. Angsar Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=97514&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Carl A. Grinde (1857-1943)</b> — of Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/01-09.html">January 9, 1857</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1893-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/03-25.html">March 25, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 75 days</a>). Interment at St. Angsar 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Bertha Sophie Gutterson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51698521">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Zion Lutheran Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2222187&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Amund P. Amundson (1874-1958)</b> — of Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Ridgeway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WK-born.html">Winneshiek County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-16.html">May 16, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 10th District, 1933-36. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/07-18.html">July 18, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at Zion Lutheran 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-12.html">July 12, 1905</a>, to Eveline Hamre.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/56226247">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Dell Rapids Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=180104&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Maurice Pratt Dunlap (1882-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Maurice P. Dunlap</b> — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-born.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/12-09.html">December 9, 1882</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html ">Stavanger</a>, 1915-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html ">Copenhagen</a>, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html ">Odense</a>, 1918; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Malmo</a>, 1920; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TH-consuls.html ">Bangkok</a>, 1922-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-consuls.html ">Port-au-Prince</a>, 1924-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html ">Stockholm</a>, 1927-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Dundee</a>, 1932-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html ">Bergen</a>, 1936-41. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/07-30.html">July 30, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at Dell Rapids 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Dunlap and Anna (Pratt) Dunlap; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-13.html">June 13, 1934</a>, to Dorothea Storm Gregersen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/06-30.html">June 30, 1943</a>, to Mary Desirée Uline.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26140918">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George Schuyler Merry (1863-1935)</b> — also known as <b>George S. Merry</b> — of Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Weyauwega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-born.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/06-07.html">June 7, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1921-22. Died in Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/05-15.html">May 15, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at Dell Rapids 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lyman Swan Merry and Margaret Ann (Bronk) Merry; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#979.85.79">William Edgar Merry</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-27.html">January 27, 1892</a>, to Anna Lydia Jackson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-21.html">June 21, 1921</a>, to Nellie G. Adcock.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/30805836">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Christen Mortenson Olsen (1858-1938)</b> — also known as <b>Chris Olsen</b> — of Trent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MO-lived.html">Moody County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-13.html">December 13, 1858</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 20th District, 1905-08. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Died in Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-04.html">December 4, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at Dell Rapids 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/12-22.html">December 22, 1883</a>, to Serena Nasby.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25214604">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>William Edgar Merry (1861-1941)</b> — also known as <b>William E. Merry</b> — of Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Royalton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WP-born.html">Waupaca County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-06.html">March 6, 1861</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1927-28. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Dell Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/02-04.html">February 4, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at Dell Rapids 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lyman Swan Merry and Margaret Ann (Bronk) Merry; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#773.56.67">George Schuyler Merry</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-27.html">November 27, 1888</a>, to Reefa Mable Hart.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11554793">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Willow Creek Lutheran Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Andrew L. Berg (1871-1936)</b> — of Baltic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-11.html">July 11, 1871</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1911-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 10th District, 1917-18, 1921-22; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-09.html">August 9, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at Willow Creek Lutheran 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Kate Ann Marie Volz.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/46383347">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Hartford Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Hartford, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=97077&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hardy Carlson (1887-1957)</b> — of Volin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/YA-lived.html">Yankton County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/01-21.html">January 21, 1887</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/movie-theaters.html">movie theater owner</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 3rd District, 1921-24, 1945-50; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/SD.html">1936</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/12-07.html">December 7, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at Hartford 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/05-17.html">May 17, 1918</a>, to Aves Lineback.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74183622">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Henry C. Aulwes (1846-1899)</b> — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/10-25.html">October 25, 1846</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1897-98. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-29.html">September 29, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at Hartford 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Loseka.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41892819">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Hills of Rest Memorial Park</a></b></span><br> Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Adolph H. Kemper (1880-1954)</b> — also known as <b>A. H. Kemper</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-born.html">Grant County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-06.html">September 6, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1941-44. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/07-02.html">July 2, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at Hills of Rest Memorial Park. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Wilhellm Friedrich Kemper and Christine Louise (Bald) Kemper; married to Pearl Rhea Pettit.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68245999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05656">Mt. Pleasant Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> Founded 1873<br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=97272&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert H. Stites (1858-1935)</b> — also known as <b>A. H. Stites</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-born.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/03-02.html">March 2, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/siouxfalls.html">mayor of Sioux Falls, S.Dak.</a>, 1896-98; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 9th District, 1899-1902; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/siouxfalls.html#2">Sioux Falls, S.Dak.</a>, 1905-10. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/08-16.html">August 16, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Stites and Catherine (Matter) Stites; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/04-14.html">April 14, 1884</a>, to Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Law.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/50219216">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Edwin Alonzo Sherman (1844-1916)</b> — also known as <b>E. A. Sherman</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Wayland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-19.html">June 19, 1844</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/ttrea.html">Treasurer of Dakota Territory</a>, 1871-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/taud.html">Dakota territorial auditor</a>, 1879-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1911-12. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/06-13.html">June 13, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Calvin Sherman and Lucy (Parmenter) Sherman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Sherman <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-names.html">Sioux Falls, South Dakota</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E. A. Sherman">Wikipedia article</a></span></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> <b>Herman H. Natwick (1856-1914)</b> — of Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha 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/1856/09-13.html">September 13, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/brookings.html#3">Mayor of Brookings, Dakota Territory</a>, 1884-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trcn.html">member Dakota territorial council</a>, 1885-86. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-15.html">February 15, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/52274335">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Charles P. Bates (1858-1920)</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-04.html">December 4, 1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-parties.html">chair of Minnehaha County Republican Party</a>, 1894; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 10th District, 1909-10. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/index.html">1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Pleasant 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Grace Chester.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51978507">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05983">St. Michael Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Francis Kneip (1933-1987)</b> — also known as <b>Richard F. Kneip</b> — of South Dakota. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/01-07.html">January 7, 1933</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1971-78; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-diplomats.html ">Singapore</a>, 1978-80. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/03-09.html">March 9, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at St. Michael 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-francis-kneip/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/kneip-richard-francis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/613/000168109">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7207149">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Eugene Charles Mahoney (1897-1978)</b> — also known as <b>Eugene C. Mahoney</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Howard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MN-born.html">Miner County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/07-12.html">July 12, 1897</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/SD.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/SD.html">Democratic National Committee from South Dakota</a>, 1944-45. Died in December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at St. Michael 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jeremiah Mahoney and Katherine (Fitzgerald) Mahoney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/11-05.html">November 5, 1929</a>, to Emma Serck.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91060029">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02395">Woodlawn Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=97825&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard Franklin Pettigrew (1848-1926)</b> — also known as <b>Richard F. Pettigrew</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Ludlow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-23.html">July 23, 1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trhs.html">Dakota territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trcn.html">member Dakota territorial council</a>, 1877-79, 1885-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory</a>, 1881-83; defeated, 1882; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/SD.html">1896</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/speakers.html">speaker</a>); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/SD.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/SD.html">1908</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/10-05.html">October 5, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 74 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew Pettigrew and Hannah B. (Sawtelle) Pettigrew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/02-27.html">February 27, 1879</a>, to Bessie V. Pittare.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000271">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408671">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6950224">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George Theodore Mickelson (1903-1965)</b> — also known as <b>George T. Mickelson</b> — of Selby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-lived.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Selby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-born.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-23.html">July 23, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1937-42 (40th District 1937-38, 39th District 1939-42); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives</a>, 1941-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/attygn.html">South Dakota state attorney general</a>, 1943-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1947-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for South Dakota</a>, 1953-65; died in office 1965. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/02-28.html">February 28, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George M. Mickelson and Emma L. (Craig) Mickelson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-06.html">April 6, 1928</a>, to Madge E. Turner; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/micheau-middleswarth.html#760.76.07">George Speaker Mickelson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1635&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-t-mickelson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/197/000208570">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15812773">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mickelson-george-theodore">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></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> <b>Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992)</b> — also known as <b>Nils A. Boe</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak.; Rye, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Born in Baltic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-born.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-10.html">September 10, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-officials.html">Minnehaha County State's Attorney</a>, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1951-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives</a>, 1955-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1963-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1965-69; Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Pres. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard Nixon</a>, 1969-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#j">Judge of U.S. Customs Court</a>, 1971-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/07-30.html">July 30, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 324 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nils N. Boe and Sissel Catherine (Finseth) Boe; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finn-firth.html#729.85.61">Anders Knudson Finseth</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/nils-andreas-boe/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils Boe">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/616/000168112">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15699990">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Charles Andrew Christopherson (1871-1951)</b> — also known as <b>Charles A. Christopherson</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-born.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-23.html">July 23, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1913-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives</a>, 1915-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Dakota</a> 1st District, 1919-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/SD.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/11-02.html">November 2, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Knudt Christopherson and Julia (Nelson) Christopherson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-30.html">November 30, 1897</a>, to Abbie M. Deyoe.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000384">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402523">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6917250">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Clarence Carey Caldwell (1877-1957)</b> — also known as <b>Clarence C. Caldwell</b> — of Howard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MN-lived.html">Miner County</a>, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-born.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/02-02.html">February 2, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MN-officials.html">Miner County State's Attorney</a>, 1907-08, 1911-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/attygn.html">South Dakota state attorney general</a>, 1915-19. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Caldwell and Mary E. (Draper) Caldwell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-16.html">June 16, 1908</a>, to Marie Bryant.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51490409">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Adolph Nelson Graff (1874-1949)</b> — also known as <b>A. N. Graff</b> — of Brandon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/01-13.html">January 13, 1874</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1917-20, 1925-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/siouxfalls.html">mayor of Sioux Falls, S.Dak.</a>, 1934-39. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/04-04.html">April 4, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54189888">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George Jonathan Danforth (1875-1952)</b> — also known as <b>George J. Danforth</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Meeme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/11-21.html">November 21, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-officials.html">Minnehaha County State's Attorney</a>, 1910-11; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 10th District, 1919-22; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1930, 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-30.html">March 30, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Quincy A. Danforth and Gertrude (Silbernagel) Danforth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/08-21.html">August 21, 1907</a>, to Nora I. Tollefson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/51500746">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Theodore Mead Bailey (1888-1949)</b> — also known as <b>T. M. Bailey</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-born.html">Minnehaha County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-14.html">January 14, 1888</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1921-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 10th District, 1925-26; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/SD.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-died.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-28.html">January 28, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Olin Bailey and Mary Emma (Swan) Bailey; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/09-03.html">September 3, 1912</a>, to Marguerite Wadsworth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/06-10.html">June 10, 1931</a>, to Anna Beaudoin Munck.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44108721">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Henry Carl Mundt (1886-1966)</b> — also known as <b>Henry C. Mundt</b> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-12.html">September 12, 1886</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1929-32. Died in July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/index.html">1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 0 days</a>). 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