William John Bulow Biography


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BULOW, William John, a Senator from South Dakota; born on a farm near Moscow, 
Clermont County, Ohio, January 13, 1869; attended the public schools in 
Moscow, Ohio, and was graduated from the law department of the University 
of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1893; was admitted to the bar the same year and 
commenced practice in Beresford, Union County, S. Dak., in 1894; member of 
the State senate in 1899; served as city attorney of Beresford, S. Dak., 
1902-1912 and 1913-1927; mayor of Beresford in 1912 and 1913; county judge 
of Union County, S. Dak., in 1918; Governor of South Dakota 1927- 1931; 
delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Houston, Tex., in 1928, 
and to a number of Democratic State conventions; elected as a Democrat to 
the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and served from March 4, 
1931, to January 3, 1943; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942; 
retired and resided in Washington, D. C., until his death there on February 26, 
1960; interment in  St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Beresford, S. Dak.