James E. Temmey Biography


	This biography appears on page 1041 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				JAMES E. TEMMEY. 
One of the distinguished members of the Sully county bar is James E. 
Temmey, now serving upon the bench of the county court, to which office 
he has been reelected by a constituency who recognize his superior 
qualifications for the position. He is one of the county's native sons, 
his birth having occurred within its borders on the 26th of October, 
1886. His father, L. A. Temmey, well known as a prominent real-estate 
dealer of Sully county, is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. 

	James E. Temmey had liberal educational privileges and after 
attending the public schools spent one year as a student in the 
University of Minnesota. Later he entered the law department of the 
University of South Dakota and was graduated therefrom with the class 
of 1909. Upon his return to his native county he made his way to Onida 
and purchased a newspaper known as the Onida Watchman in 1910. Later he 
established the Argus at Agar, South Dakota. He is also connected with 
his father in the real-estate business, their operations along that 
line being most extensive and successful. His fellow townsmen, however, 
appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to public office in 
1912, electing him to the position of county judge of Sully county. His 
service upon the bench was so creditable that he was reelected in 1914 
and is now serving for a second term of two years. His decisions are 
strictly fair and impartial and are characterized by a masterful grasp 
of every problem presented for solution. 

	Judge Temmey is well known in fraternal circles. He is an 
exemplary representative of the Masonic lodge and of the Woodman camp 
he has been consul for several years. He also has membership with the 
Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Eagles and the Moose and in these 
connections has won many friends. That his life has ever been an 
honorable and upright one is indicated in the fact that many of his 
stanches" friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the 
present time.