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Politician Writers in South Dakota

Ida Brooks Alseth (1888-1970) — also known as Ida B. Alseth; Ida Brooks; Mrs. Charles A. Alseth — of Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, S.Dak. Born in Mansfield, Spink County, S.Dak., 1888. Republican. College instructor; school teacher and principal; Kingsbury County Superintendent of Schools, 1936-43; writer; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee). Female. Congregationalist. Died October 9, 1970 (age about 82 years). Interment at Lake Preston Cemetery, Lake Preston, S.Dak.   Relatives: Daughter of Andrew Brooks and Susan (Stout) Brooks; married, June 19, 1918, to Charles Albert Alseth.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) — also known as Gilbert A. Pierce — of Porter County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., January 11, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; journalist; newspaper editor; author; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1869; Governor of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893. Died at the Lexington Hotel, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35 days). Interment at Adams Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.   Pierce County, N.Dak. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary   Zachary Taylor Sutley (1848-1930) — also known as Zack T. Sutley — of Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak.; Fort Pierre, Stanley County, S.Dak.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Cherry Tree, Indiana County, Pa., May 1, 1848. Democrat. Farmer; postmaster; livery business; railroad builder; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1908; Honorary Vice-President, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 28th District, 1911-12; author. German and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., April 17, 1930 (age 81 years, 351 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Sutley and Jane (Hays) Sutley; married 1884 to Emma Starkweather; married, January 28, 1911, to Olive B. Woods; married to Anna Bard; second cousin thrice removed of Irvin Hamilton Sutley Jr. and Richard Michael Sutley.   Political family: Sutley family of California.

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