Sioux K. Grigsby

Sioux Kingsbury Grigsby (born December 25, 1873 in Sioux Falls , Dakota Territory , †  August 21, 1968 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1949 he was lieutenant governor of the state of South Dakota.

Career

Sioux Grigsby was a brother of John T. Grigsby , born in 1890, who was also Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1929 to 1931, and of George Barnes Grigsby (1874–1962), a congressional delegate for the Alaska Territory . He attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of South Dakota . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. In the meantime he was under his father Melvin Grigsby, who was then Attorney General of South Dakota, as Deputy Attorney General his deputy. In 1908 and 1909 he was also the legal representative for the city of Sioux Falls. He also ran a farm in Minnehaha County .

Politically, Grigsby joined the Republican Party in contrast to his brothers . The brothers were members of the Democratic Party . In 1937 and 1938 he was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives ; from 1939 to 1944 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1944 he was elected lieutenant governor of South Dakota alongside Merrell Q. Sharpe . He held this office between 1945 and 1949. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. From 1947 he served under the new governor George Theodore Mickelson . In July 1952 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated as a presidential candidate. Sioux Grigsby died on August 21, 1968 in his hometown of Sioux Falls.

Web links

• Sioux K. Grigsby in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard