Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew (born July 23, 1848 in Ludlow , Windsor County , Vermont , † October 5, 1926 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who was a delegate of the Dakota Territory from 1881 to 1883 in the US House of Representatives and from 1889 to 1901 US Senator for the state of South Dakota.
Early years
His family moved to Wisconsin in 1854 , where he attended public schools and the Evansville Academy in Evansville . In 1864 he went to Beloit College in Beloit . He taught for a year and then studied law in Iowa . From 1867 he attended the Law Department of the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Then he moved to Dakota in 1869, where he served as an assistant US land surveyor. He settled in Sioux Falls. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced from then on. He was also active as a surveyor and real estate dealer.
Political career
Pettigrew was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1872 and served on the Territorial Council in 1877 and 1879. Then he was elected as a delegate to the 47th US Congress and served there from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. He ran in 1882 unsuccessfully for re-election in the 48th US Congress . In 1885 he became a member of the Territorial Council again. With the admission of South Dakota as a state into the Union, he was elected to the US Senate in 1889 and re-elected in 1895. He worked there from November 2, 1889 to March 3, 1901. He left the Republican Party on June 17, 1896 and joined the Silver Republicans . Pettigrew ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1900. During the time in the US Senate was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs ( 54th and 55th US Congresses ).
He then moved to New York City where he worked in a law firm. He later returned to Sioux Falls, where he was politically and commercially active until his death in 1926. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery .
Web links
- Richard F. Pettigrew in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Richard F. Pettigrew in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pettigrew, Richard F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pettigrew, Richard Franklin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludlow , Vermont |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1926 |
| Place of death | Sioux Falls , South Dakota |