C. Rudolph Jorgenson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 692-695 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				C. RUDOLPH JORGENSON. 

	C. Rudolph Jorgenson, the capable and aggressive states attorney 
of Roberts county, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the 3d of 
September, 1877. His parents, Martin and Matilda (Sorenson) Jorgenson, 
are natives of Norway, the former born in 1844 and the latter in 1849. 
They were married in that country and continued to reside there until 
about 1875, when they emigrated to America, but their respective 
parents were lifelong residents of the land of the midnight sun. Mr. 
and Mrs. Martin Jorgenson settled in Milwaukee and the father, who was 
a sea captain, became connected with navigation on the Great Lakes. He 
sailed on the ocean and on the lakes for thirty-seven years. In 1880, 
however, he removed to Roberts county, South Dakota, and turned his 
attention to farming, taking up a homestead three miles south of 
Wilmot, on which he resided for a number of years. In 1905 he sold that 
place and removed to Glenham, South Dakota, where he is now living 
retired. He is a Lutheran in religious faith, and in politics is a 
republican. To him and his wife have been born six children, of whom 
three survive, namely: Jonas, who is farming in Canada; Lena, who 
married Edward Babb, a farmer of Swift Current, Canada; and C. Rudolph. 

	The last named attended the public schools in the acquirement of 
his early education and later entered the College of Law of the State 
University at Vermillion, from which he was graduated in 1903. He began 
the practice of his chosen profession at Summit, but after remaining 
there for about four years he went to Aberdeen, whence, two years later 
he removed to Sisseton, arriving there in June, 1909. He has gained a 
high position at the bar of Roberts county in the intervening six years 
and has appeared in much of the important litigation of the district. 
For two years he was in partnership with Carston Eggen, but is now 
practicing alone. In the fall of 1914 he was elected states attorney by 
a majority of more than four hundred and he has already proved his 
fitness for the office. He has prospered financially and has not only 
repaid the money which he borrowed to meet his expenses while studying 
at the State University, but he has acquired considerable valuable farm 
land in the county and is recognized as a representative citizen of 
Sisseton. 

	In 1904 Mr. Jorgenson was married to Miss Ida Surring, who was 
born in Monona, Iowa, a daughter of William Surring, an early settler 
of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Jorgenson have two children: Milton, born 
in 1905; and Gladys, born in 1907. 

	Mr. Jorgenson is a republican and has taken an active part in 
political affairs for years. Ever since he was a youth of eighteen he 
has attended the conventions of his party and he was a delegate to the 
convention that nominated Senator Crawford for governor. He affiliates 
with the Methodist Episcopal church and is a member of the Masonic blue 
lodge, associations which indicate the principles which guide his 
conduct. As an attorney he has gained a gratifying measure of success, 
building up a large and lucrative practice; as an official he is 
proving conscientious and efficient, and as a citizen he is always 
willing to cooperate with others in securing the general good.