Charles Hall Dillon Biography


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DILLON, Charles Hall, a Representative from South Dakota; born near 
Jasper, Dubois County, Ind., December 18, 1853; attended the public 
schools; was graduated from the academic department of Indiana Univerity 
at Bloomington in 1874 and from its law department in 1876; was admitted 
to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Jasper, Ind.; moved to Marion, 
Iowa, in 1881, to Mitchell, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota), in 1882 
and to Yankton in 1894 and continued the practice of law; delegate to the 
Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1908; vice president and acting 
president of the State bar association in 1901; member of the State senate 
1903-1911; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and 
Sixty-fifth Cougresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1919); was not a candidate 
for reelection in 1918; resumed the practice of law in Yankton; moved to 
Vermillion, S. Dak., in 1922, having been elected associate justice of the 
State supreme court, and served until November 15, 1926, when he resigned; 
unseccessful candidate for nomination as United States Senator in 1924; 
retired in 1926; died in Vermillion, S. Dak., September 15, 1929;  
interment in Yankton Cemetery, Yankton, S. Dak.