Emil Loriks

Emil Loriks (1895-1985) was a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate from 1927 to 1929.[1][2][3]

Biography

Emil Loriks was born in Oldham, South Dakota in 1895.[2][3] He served in the First World War.[3]

From 1927 to 1934, he was the leader of the Farmers' Holiday Association.[2] He also served as South Dakota state senator from 1927 to 1929. In 1938, he lost the election against Republican Karl Mundt.[2] He served as President of the South Dakota chapter of the National Farmers Union from 1934 to 1938, and of the Farmer's Union Grain Terminal Association from 1957 to 1967.[2][3] In 1976, he bought the Loriks Peterson Heritage House in Oldham, which is now on the National Register of Historical Places.[4]

In 1980, he was the first recipient of the South Dakota Farmers Union Award for Meritorious Service.[3] He received honorary degrees from South Dakota State University and Dakota State University, and he was a charter member of the South Dakota Hall of Fame.[3] In 1985, he was inducted into the South Dakota Association of Cooperatives Hall of Fame.[3] He died the same year.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ William C. Pratt, 'Another South Dakota; Or, The Road Not Taken: The Left and the Shaping of South Dakota Political Culture,' 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. 119
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Jonathan F. Wagner, 'Review of Emil Loriks: Builder of a New Economic Order', in Great Plains Quarterly, 422, 1988
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 South Dakota Association of Cooperatives inductee
  4. ↑ South Dakota Museums