Francis Higbee Case Biography


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CASE, Francis Higbee, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; 
born in Everly, Clay County, Iowa, December 9, 1896; moved with his 
parents to Sturgis, S. Dak., in 1909; attended the public schools; was 
graduated from Hot Springs (S. Dak.) High School in 1914, from Dakota 
Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S. Dak., in 1918, and from Northwestern 
University, Evanston, Ill., in 1920; during the First World War served 
as a private in the United States Marine Corps in 1918; lieutenant in 
the United States Army Reserves 1924-1931; captain in the United States 
Marine Corps Reserves since  1937; assistant editor, Epworth Herald, 
Chicago, Ill., 1920-1922; telegraph editor and editorial writer on the 
Rapid City (S. Dak.) Daily Journal 1922-1925; editor and publisher of the 
Hot Springs (S. Dak.) Star 1925-1931; editor and publisher of the Custer 
(S. Dak.) Chronicle since 1931; member of the State regents of education 
1931-1933; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-
fourth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth and to the 
six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937- January 3, 1951);was not a 
candidate for renomination in 1950, having become a candidate for United 
States Senator; elected to the United States Senate in 1950 for the term 
commencing January 3, 1951; reelected in 1956 for the term ending 
January 3, 1963.