Harlan J. Bushfield

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Harlan John Bushfield

United States Senator from South Dakota
In office January 3, 1943 – September 27, 1948
Preceded by	William J. Bulow
Succeeded by	Vera C. Bushfield
Personal details
Born	(1882-08-06)August 6, 1882 Atlantic, Iowa
Died	September 27, 1948(1948-09-27) (aged 66) Miller, South Dakota^[1]
Political party	Republican

Harlan John Bushfield (August 6, 1882 – September 27, 1948) was an American politician from South Dakota. He Served as the 16th Governor of South Dakota and as a United States Senator.^[2]

Biography

Bushfield was born in Atlantic, Iowa in 1882. He moved with his family to South Dakota in 1883, and attended the public schools in Miller, South Dakota. He graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University in 1901, and from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1904. He was admitted to the bar that same year and returned to Miller to practice. Bushfield married Vera Cahalan and they had three children.^[3]

Career

A Republican, Bushfield was elected the 16th Governor of South Dakota in 1938, and reelected in 1940. He has been called "one of the state's most conservative governors ever."^[4] Governor Bushfield established a pattern of fiscal responsibility for his successors and used his financial abilities to reduce state operating costs.

In 1942, he ran for the United States Senate and won, serving from 1943 until his death in Miller, South Dakota, in 1948. His term was completed by his wife Vera C. Bushfield.

Death

Senator Bushfield died from a cerebral hemorrhage^[5] in 1948 and was interred in G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, South Dakota USA.^[6]

References

↑ "Harlan J. Bushfield". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "Harlan J. Bushfield". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "Harlan J. Bushfield". National Governors Association. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ John E. Miller, 'Setting the Agenda: Political Parties and Historical Change,' in The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture, Jon K. Lauck (ed.), John E. Miller (ed.), Donald C. Simmons, Jr. (ed.), Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2011, p. 89
↑ "Harlan J. Bushfield". National Governors Association. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
↑ "Harlan J. Bushfield". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

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Political offices
Preceded by Leslie Jensen	Governor of South Dakota 1939–1943	Succeeded by Merrell Q. Sharpe
United States Senate
Preceded by William J. Bulow	United States Senator (Class 2) from South Dakota 1943–1948	Succeeded by Vera C. Bushfield

v t e Governors and Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota

Governors	Mellette Sheldon Lee Herreid Elrod Crawford Vessey Byrne Norbeck McMaster Gunderson Bulow Green Berry Jensen Bushfield Sharpe G.T. Mickelson Anderson Foss Herseth Gubbrud Boe Farrar Kneip Wollman Janklow G.S. Mickelson Miller Janklow Rounds Daugaard

Lieutenant Governors	Fletcher Hoffman Herreid Hindman Kean Snow McDougall Shober Byrne Abel Norbeck McMaster Gunderson Forney Covey Coyne J. Grigsby Whitney Ustrud Peterson McMurchie A. Miller S. Grigsby Terry Houck Lindley Bottum Boe Overpeck Abdnor Dougherty Wollman Hansen W. Miller Kirby Hillard Daugaard Michels

v t e United States Senators from South Dakota

Class 2	Pettigrew Gamble Sterling McMaster Bulow H. Bushfield V. Bushfield Mundt Abourezk Pressler T. Johnson

Class 3	Moody Kyle Kittredge Crawford E. Johnson Norbeck Hitchcock Pyle Gurney Case Bottum McGovern Abdnor Daschle Thune

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 21494667 LCCN: n2001120288

Persondata
Name	Bushfield, Harlan J.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 6, 1882
Place of birth	Atlantic, Iowa
Date of death	September 27, 1948
Place of death	Miller, South Dakota

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