Herman L. Bode Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1133-1134 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				HERMAN L. BODE.  

	Herman L. Bode, of Murdo, who is serving for the second term as 
states attorney of Lyman county, has gained recognition as one of the 
leading members of the bar of that locality although he is only in his 
thirtieth year. He was born in Chamberlain, this state, on the 16th of 
February, 1886, and is a son of Louis C. and Wilhelmina (Lighthoff) 
Bode, natives of Germany. Both came to this country as children and the 
father resided with his parents in New York city for a time. In the 
early '80s he removed to Chamberlain, Dakota territory, and there took 
up a homestead. Subsequently he removed to Murdo, where he is engaged 
in the mercantile business. To him and his wife have been born six 
children, of whom the subject of this review is the fourth in order of 
birth.  

	Herman L. Bode attended school in Chamberlain but when seventeen 
years of age put aside his textbooks and removed to Lyman county, v. 
here he entered the newspaper business in connection with E. L. Senn. 
In 1907 he established the Okaton Journal at Okaton, which he published 
for two years. In the meantime he had decided to prepare for the bar 
and accordingly entered the State University of South Dakota, where he 
pursued a legal course, from which he was graduated with the class of 
1912. While still in college he was nominated for state's attorney of 
Lyman county, an honor which has probably been accorded to no other 
lawyer in the state. He was elected in November, 1912, and proved so 
capable in the discharge of his official duties that in 1914 he was 
reelected by a large majority, running ahead of his ticket. He is 
vigilant in safeguarding the interests entrusted to him and in the 
preparation of his cases spares neither time nor labor and has made a 
most creditable record as state's attorney.  

	Mr. Bode is a stanch republican and takes a keen interest in 
everything relating to the general welfare. His religious faith is that 
of the Lutheran church and in its teachings are found the principles 
which guide his life. He is identified with the Masonic order and is 
also a member of Phi Delta Theta, a leading college fraternity. He took 
a leading part in a number of college activities, editing the Volante, 
a college paper, and serving as president of the Law Students 
Association for one year. He has always been fond of outdoor life and 
his favorite forms of recreation are hunting and tennis. He is widely 
known in the county and those who are most intimately associated with 
him hold him in the highest esteem, which is proof of his genuine 
worth.