U. S. G. Cherry Biography

	This biography appears on pages 488-491 in "History of Minnehaha 
	County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed 
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CHERRY, U. S. G., was born near Bellefontaine, Ohio.  He attended the district 
school when a lad, and completed his education at the Ohio Normal University at 
Ada, where he was graduated in 1895. He then entered the law office of Judge 
West "The Blind Orator of Ohio" where he remained one year.  From there he went 
to the Columbian Law School at Washington, D. C., where he was graduated in 
1887, receiving the first prize for legal essay.  On the first day of December, 
1887, came to Dakota, and on the 21st day of February, following, commenced the 
practice of law at Sioux Falls.  In 1892, he was elected Grand Chancellor of the 
Knights of Pythias of South Dakota. Mr. Cherry is a hard worker and a good 
lawyer and has a remunerative practice.  He is quite active in politics, and 
being a good speaker and well informed, his services are in demand during 
political campaigns.  Until 1896 he was a republican, but after the adoption of 
the platform at St. Louis by the Republican party that year, he became a Silver 
Republican, assisted in organizing the Silver Republican party in South Dakota, 
and became the chairman of the state executive committee, which position he 
still holds.