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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Peter Norbeck |
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Redfield, South Dakota , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 27, 1870
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| Died | December 20, 1936
(66 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | NORBECK, Peter, a Senator from South Dakota; born near Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota), August 27, 1870; attended the public schools and the University of South Dakota at Vermillion; moved to Redfield, Spink County, S.Dak., in 1900; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in 1895 also engaged as a contractor and driller of deep water, oil, and gas wells; member, State senate 1909-1915; lieutenant governor 1915-1916; Governor of South Dakota 1917-1921; was instrumental in the establishment of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1920; reelected in 1926 and again in 1932 and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Redfield, S.Dak., December 20, 1936; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Sixty-ninth Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Seventieth through Seventy-second Congresses); interment in Bloomington Church Cemetery, near Platte, S.Dak.
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