Peter Norbeck, Governor & U.S. Senator

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Peter Norbeck

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Clay County, South Dakota, United States
Death: December 20, 1936 (66)
Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev George Norbeck and Karen Larsdatter Norbeck
Husband of Lydia Theresa Norbeck
Father of Nellie Alvera Hood Wegner; Ruth Marion Jennings; Harold Peter Norbeck and Selma "Sally" Earle (Norbeck)
Brother of Enoch Norbeck and George Norbeck

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About Peter Norbeck, Governor & U.S. Senator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norbeck

Peter Norbeck, 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 1932 and served from March 4, 1921, until his death; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Sixty-ninth Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Seventieth through Seventy-second Congresses); died in Redfield, S.Dak., December 20, 1936; interment in Bloomington Church Cemetery, near Platte, S.Dak.

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Peter Norbeck, Governor & U.S. Senator's Timeline

1870
August 27, 1870
Clay County, South Dakota, United States
1902
December 14, 1902
Spink County, South Dakota, United States
1904
March 29, 1904
Spink County, South Dakota, United States
1907
March 20, 1907
Spink County, South Dakota, United States
1910
November 5, 1910
Spink County, South Dakota, United States
1936
December 20, 1936
Age 66
Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, United States