John Rankin Gamble Biography


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GAMBLE, John Rankin (brother of Robert Jackson Gamble and uncle of 
Ralph Abernethy Gamble), a Representative from South Dakota; born in 
Alabama, Genesee County, N. Y., January 15, 1848; attended the common 
schools; moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wis., in 1862; was 
graduated from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., in 1872; studied 
law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Yankton, 
Territory of Dakota (now South Dakota); district attorney for Yankton 
County 1876-1878; United States attorney for Dakota Territory in 1878; 
member of the Territorial house of representatives 1877-1879; served in 
the Territorial council 1881-1885; elected as a Republican to the 
Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in 
Yankton, S. Dak., August 14, 1891, before the assembling of the 
Congress; interment in Yankton Cemetery.