Solomon Lewis Spink Biography This biography extracted from "Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1961", published by the U. S. Government Printing Office. Page 1639. Information transcribed by Joy Fisher. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm SPINK, Solomon Lewis, a Delegate from the Territory of Dakota; born in Whitehall, Washington County, N. Y., March 20, 1831; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Castleton (Vt.) Seminary; taught school several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Burlington, Iowa; moved to Paris, Ill., in 1860 and became the editor and publisher of the Prairie Beacon; member of the State house of representatives in 1864; moved to Yankton, Dak., in 1865, having been appointed by President Lincoln, the day before his assassination, as secretary of the Territory of North Dakota, in which position he served until 1869; was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-.March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Yankton, S. Dak.; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; died Yankton, S. Dak., September 22, 1881; interment in the City Cemetery.