Herbert Emery Hitchcock Biography


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HITCHCOCK, Herbert Emery, a Senator from South Dakota; born in Maquoketa, 
Jackson County, Iowa, August 22, 1867; attended the public schools, the 
high schools at Anamosa, Iowa, and San Jose, Calif., a business college 
at Davenport, Iowa, Iowa State College at Ames, and the College of Law, 
Chicago, Ill.; moved to Mitchell, S. Dak., in 1884 and attended school 
and worked as a stenographer; was admitted to the South Dakota bar in 
1896 and commenced practice in Mitchell, S. Dak., the same year; also 
engaged in banking; served as State's attorney 1902-1906; member of the 
State senate in 1909, 1911, and 1929; served as vice president of the 
selective draft board for South Dakota during the First World War; becme 
a trustee of Yankton (S. Dak.) College in l936; president of Mitchell 
School Board 1924-1934; chairman of the Democratic State executive 
committee 1934-1937; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 
1908, 1928, 1932,1936, and 1940; appointed as a Democrat to the United 
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Peter Norbeck 
and served from December 29, 1936, to Novem-ber 8, 1938, when a successor 
was elected; unsuccessful candidate for the nomination to fill the vacancy 
in 1938; resumed the practice of law until his death; died in Mitchell, 
S. Dak., February 17, 1958; interment in Graceland Cemetery.