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Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. He served one term as the ninth Governor of South Dakota and three terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was the first native-born Governor of South Dakota to serve in office. He is best remembered as "Mount Rushmore's great political patron", for promoting the construction of the giant sculpture at Mount Rushmore and securing federal funding for it.
==Biography==
Norbeck was the oldest of six children born to immigrants George (born in Jämtland, Sweden) and Karen (Larsen) Norbeck, who was Norwegian. At the time of Peter's birth, his family was living in a dugout on the family's , located eight miles (13 km) northeast of Vermillion, Dakota Territory. He attended the public schools and the University of South Dakota at Vermillion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000132 )〕 In 1895 he was a contractor and driller of deep water, oil, and gas wells. He moved to Redfield, South Dakota in 1900 and added agricultural pursuits.
In June, 1901 he married Lydia Theresa Anderson〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7180896 )〕 and they had three daughters, Nellie, Ruth, and Selma (aka Sally); and one son, Harold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nndb.com/people/720/000172204/ )〕
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