| LC control no. | n 80164156 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abdnor, James |
| Variant(s) | Abdnor, Ellis James |
| Birth date | 1923-02-13 |
| Death date | 2012-05-16 |
| Place of birth | Kennebec (S.D.) |
| Place of death | Kennebec (S.D.) |
| Affiliation | University of Nebraska--Lincoln United States. Army South Dakota. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate United States. Small Business Administration Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Cabinet officers Executives |
| Found in | U.S. General Accounting Off. Problems plagued Department of Agriculture's grasshopper control program in 1979, 1980 (a.e.) t.p. (Honorable James Abdnor, House of Representatives) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress WWW site, Sept. 26, 2006 (James Abdnor; born in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., Feb. 13, 1923 ... U.S. Representive from S.D., 1973-1981; U.S. Senator from S.D., 1973-1981) New York times WWW site, May 17, 2012 (in obituary published May 16: James Abdnor; b. Ellis James Abdnor, Feb. 13, 1923, Kennebec, S.D.; d. Wednesday [May 16, 2012], Sioux Falls, S.D., aged 89; South Dakota Republican farmer who liked to say that he got off his tractor and went to Washington, where he served four terms in Congress and one in the Senate after defeating the Democratic incumbent, George S. McGovern, in 1980) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, October 4, 2017 (Abdnor, James, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Kennebec, Lyman County, S.Dak., February 13, 1923; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1945; served in the United States Army 1942-1943; worked as a farmer-rancher, teacher, coach; served in the South Dakota senate 1956-1968; lieutenant governor of South Dakota 1969-1970; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate for reelection in 1980; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1980, and served from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; appointed administrator of the Small Business Administration 1987-1989; was a resident of Kennebec, S.Dak., until his death on May 16, 2012; interment in Kennebec Cemetery) |
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