Senate Years of Service: 1939-1951Party: RepublicanGURNEY, John Chandler (Chan), a Senator from South Dakota; born in Yankton, S.Dak., May 21, 1896; attended the public schools; during the…
KIDDER, Jefferson Parish, a Delegate from the Territory of Dakota; born in Braintree, Orange County, Vt., June 4, 1815; attended the common schools and was graduated from the Norwich Military…
(Encyclopedia) Fort AbercrombieFort Abercrombieăbˈərkrŏmˌbē, –krŭmˌbē [key], U.S. army post on the west bank of the Red River, at Abercrombie, N.Dak.; est. 1858. Built to protect settlers in the Red…
(Encyclopedia) Yankton, city (1990 pop. 12,703), seat of Yankton co., extreme SE S.Dak., on the Missouri River; inc. 1869. A railroad and trade center in an agricultural region, it has grain…
Senate Years of Service: 1939-1951 Party: Republican GURNEY, John Chandler (Chan), a Senator from South Dakota; born in Yankton, S.Dak., May 21, 1896; attended the public schools; during the…
Senate Years of Service: 1901-1909Party: RepublicanKITTREDGE, Alfred Beard, a Senator from South Dakota; born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., March 28, 1861; attended the public schools;…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-2005Party: DemocratDASCHLE, Thomas Andrew, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Aberdeen, S. Dak. on December 9, 1947; attended private and…
Senate Years of Service: 1979-1997Party: RepublicanPRESSLER, Larry Lee, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Humboldt, Minnehaha County, S.Dak., March 29, 1942; graduated…
Senate Years of Service: 1891-1901; 1901-1901Party: Populist; RepublicanKYLE, James Henderson, a Senator from South Dakota; born near Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, on February 24, 1854; attended…
(Encyclopedia) Great Society, in U.S. history, term for the domestic policies of President Lyndon Johnson. In his first State of the Union message, he called for a war on poverty and the creation of…
