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Henry Clay HANSBROUGH, Congress, ND (1848-1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1891-1909Party: RepublicanHANSBROUGH, Henry Clay, a Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph County, Ill., January 30,…

Thomas STERLING, Congress, SD (1851-1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1925Party: RepublicanSTERLING, Thomas, (brother of John Allen Sterling), a Senator from South Dakota; born near Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 21, 1851…

James ABDNOR, Congress, SD (1923)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987Party: RepublicanABDNOR, James, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., February 13, 1923; attended the…

William Henry PARKER, Congress, SD (1847-1908)

PARKER, William Henry, a Representative from South Dakota; born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., May 5, 1847; served in the Union Army from June 24, 1861, to October 16, 1866; was graduated…

Butler, Pierce

(Encyclopedia) Butler, Pierce, 1866–1939, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1923–39), b. Dakota co., Minn. Admitted (1888) to the bar, he practiced in St. Paul, specialized in railroad law…

Byron Leslie DORGAN, Congress, ND (1942)

Senate Years of Service: 1992-2011Party: DemocratDORGAN, Byron Leslie, a Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born in Dickinson, Stark County, N. Dak., May 14, 1942; attended the…

William LEMKE, Congress, ND (1878-1950)

LEMKE, William, a Representative from North Dakota; born in Albany, Stearns County, Minn., August 13, 1878; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of North Dakota at…

Patrick Daniel NORTON, Congress, ND (1876-1953)

NORTON, Patrick Daniel, a Representative from North Dakota; born in Ishpeming, Marquette County, Mich., May 17, 1876; moved with his parents to Ramsey County, Dak., in 1883; attended the…

Benjamin Reifel

Sioux activist and U.S. representative from South Dakota Born: September 19, 1906Birthplace: Rosebud Reservation, Parmelee, South Dakota The first Sioux to serve in Congress, Ben Reifel was the son…