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• Burleigh, Walter Atwood    b. October 25, 1820  d. March 7, 1896
  US Congressman. Elected as a Delegate from the Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1865. Served as a member of the Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory from 1870 to 1872, as a member of the Dakota Territorial Council from 1877 to 1878, as President of the Dakota Territorial Council in 1877, as a member of the Montana State House of Representatives in 1890, and as a member of the South Dakota State Senate in 1893. (Bio by: K)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Campbell, Charles Thomas    b. August 10, 1823  d. April 15, 1895
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, he was a politician and served in the Army during the Mexican War. In May 1861, he joined the Union Army, and was appointed Captain in the Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery, later becoming a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery. In September 1861, he was made Colonel of the 57th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and fought at Seven Pines and Fredericksburg, where he was wounded. In November...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
  Plot: Block 229, Lot 4, Grave 1
   
• Dillon, Charles Hall    b. December 18, 1853  d. September 15, 1929
  US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1919. Also served as a Judge of the South Dakota State Supreme Court for the 4th District from 1923 to 1926, and as a member of the South Dakota State Senate. (Bio by: K)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Gamble, John Rankin   b. January 15, 1848  d. September 14, 1891
  US Congressman from South Dakota. A New York native, he moved with his parents to Wisconsin at age 14, graduating from Lawrence University in Appleton in 1873. The following year he was admitted to the bar and headed for the Dakota Territory, where he set up a law practice in Yankton (now in South Dakota). He was District Attorney for Yankton County (1876 to 1878), US Attorney for the Dakota Territory (1878), and a member of the Territorial House of Representatives (1877 to 1879) and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
  Plot: Block 266, Lot 3, Grave 3
   
• Gamble, Robert Jackson    b. February 7, 1851  d. September 22, 1924
  US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent South Dakota as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1897. Elected as a Senator from South Dakota to the United States Senate, serving from 1901 to 1913. (Bio by: K)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Gurney, John Chandler 'Chan'    b. May 21, 1896  d. March 9, 1985
  US Senator. Served in the United States Army during World War I as a Sergeant in Company A, Thirty-Fourth Engineers. Elected as a Senator from South Dakota to the United States Senate, serving from 1939 to 1951. (Bio by: K)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Lann, John S.    b. August 29, 1843  d. April 13, 1907
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Vay as a Landsman on board the "USS Magnolia". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the attack on St. Marks, Florida on March 5 and 6, 1862. His citation reads in part "He served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers. Throughout this fierce engagement he made remarkable efforts in assisting the transport of the gun. His determination in standing by his gun while under enemy fire, was a credit to the service...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Spink, Solomon Lewis    b. March 20, 1831  d. September 22, 1881
  US Congressman. Elected as a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1871. He was defeated in 1870. (Bio by: K)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   
• Todd, John Blair Smith    b. April 4, 1814  d. January 5, 1872
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. US Congressman. After graduating from West Point in 1837, he fought in the Seminole War from 1837 to 1842 and the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. In 1856 he resigned from the Army and became an Indian trader in the Dakota Territory. With the start of the Civil War he was appointed brigadier general of Volunteers of the Union Army. Shortly thereafter he was elected to the United States Congress and represented the Dakota Territory from 1861 to 1863 and again...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
  Plot: Block 467, Lot 3, Grave 4
   
• Ward, Joseph   b. May 5, 1838  d. December 11, 1889
  US Statesman, Educator, Theologian. He received his theological training at Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts, Brown Universtity in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Andover Theological Seminary. Soon after finishing his schooling, he accepted a missionary church assignment, and formed the Congregational Church of Dakota in Yankton, South Dakota. Recognizing the need for formal learning institutions in the Dakotas, he was instrumental in forming Yankton Academy in 1872, and then in 1881...[Read More] (Bio by: Greg Kimberley)
  Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
   

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