Joseph H. Bottum

Joseph H. Bottum

Joseph H. Bottum (born August 7, 1903 in Faulkton , Faulk County , South Dakota , †  July 4, 1984 in Rapid City , South Dakota) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who founded the state of South Dakota in the US Senate represented.

After attending public schools in his hometown, Bottum continued his education at Yankton College and the University of South Dakota , from which he graduated from Vermillion Law School in 1927. He was inducted into the bar and began practicing in Saint Paul , Minnesota . In 1932 he became a prosecutor in Faulkton, from 1937 to 1943 he was chief of the tax authorities of South Dakota ( Director of taxation ).

In 1942 Bottum applied unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for governor of South Dakota. He suffered another defeat within the party in 1950 when he tried to become a member of the US House of Representatives . He held his first political office from 1961 as lieutenant governor of his state until he was appointed the successor to the late Francis H. Case in the US Senate on July 9, 1962 . There he remained until January 3, 1963. He lost the by-election for the mandate wafer-thin against the Democrat George McGovern . This received 50.1 percent of the vote, Bottum 49.9 percent.

His political career ended with that, and he later became a judge in the Seventh Judicial District of South Dakota.

Web links

• Joseph H. Bottum in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph H. Bottum in the database of Find a Grave (English)