William Vincent Lucas Biography


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LUCAS, William Vincent, a Representative from South Dakota; born near 
Delphi, Carroll County, Ind., July 3, 1835; attended the common 
schools; moved to Bremer County, Iowa, in 1856 and engaged in 
agricultural pursuits; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army 
in the Fourteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; promoted to 
captain in 1863; treasurer of Bremer County 1866-1872; editor of the 
Waverly Republican 1872-1876; editor of the Cerro Gordo Republican, 
Mason City, Iowa, 1876-1883; presidential elector on the Republican 
ticket, of Hayes and Wheeler in 1876; chief clerk of the Iowa House of 
Representatives 1878-1880; mayor of Mason City, Iowa, in 1879 and 1880; 
State auditor in 1881 1882; declined nomination for reelection; moved 
to Chamberlain, S. Dak., in 1883 and again engaged in agricultural 
pursuits; treasurer of Brule County 1888-1890; moved to Hot Springs, S. 
Dak., in 1890; appointed commandant of the South Dakota Soldiers' Home 
at Hot Springs in 1890; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third 
Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for 
renomination in 1894; delegate to the Republican National Convention at 
St. Louis in 1896 and to the Republican State convention at Huron, S. 
Dak., the same year; again appointed commandant of the South Dakota 
Soldiers' Home in 1896 and served one year; returned to Chamberlain, S. 
Dak., in 1897; register of the United States land office 1897-1901; 
again appointed commandant of the South Dakota Soldiers' Home in 1901 
and served until his resignation in 1904; moved to Santa Cruz, Santa 
Cruz County, Calif., in 1904 and died there on November 10, 1921; 
interment in Oakwood Cemetery.