| LC control no. | n 92029737 |
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| Personal name heading | Gandy, Harry Luther, 1881-1957 |
| Other standard no. | G000037 http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000037 301120 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/301120 0000000029344684 http://www.isni.org/0000000029344684 55804104 http://viaf.org/viaf/55804104/ Q1292556 http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292556 |
| Located | Rapid City (S.D.) Wasta (S.D.) Washington (D.C.) Cincinnati (Ohio) Widen (W. Va.) |
| Birth date | 1881-08-13 |
| Death date | 1957-08-15 |
| Place of birth | Churubusco (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Los Gatos (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | South Dakota. Legislature. Senate National Coal Association Pittston Coal Company Bituminous Coal Producers Board (U.S.) United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Publishers Ranchers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Augustana College, Center for Western Studies for Ashley, E. Papers, 1883-1931 (Gandy, Harry L.) Biog. dir. U.S. Congress, 1989 (Gandy, Harry Luther, 1881-1957; U.S. representative from S.D.; b. Ind.; publisher, govt. official, politician, rancher; retired, Calif.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, July 24, 2018 (GANDY, Harry Luther, a Representative from South Dakota; born in Churubusco, Whitley County, Ind., August 13, 1881; attended the public schools; was graduated from Tri-State College, Angola, Ind., in 1901; moved to Rapid City, S.Dak., in 1907; publisher of the Wasta (S.Dak.) Gazette 1910-1918; United States commissioner at Wasta, S.Dak., 1910-1913; member of the State senate in 1911; appointed by President Wilson as receiver of public moneys of the United States land office at Rapid City and served from July 16, 1913, to March 3, 1915; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the raising of livestock near Wasta, S.Dak., 1910-1945; executive secretary of the National Coal Association, Washington, D.C., 1923-1930; connected with subsidiary companies of the Pittston Co., 1930-1937; chairman, Bituminous Coal Producers Board, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1940; assistant to the president, Elk River Coal & Lumber Co. and Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad Co., Widen, W.Va., from 1944 until his retirement; died in Los Gatos, Calif., August 15, 1957; interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000037> |
| Associated language | eng |
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