Congressional Biographies

John Blair Smith Todd, Yankton

Thirty-Eighth Congress, March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865

William Jayne, Yankton, served until June 17, 1864; succeeded by John B. S. Todd, who contested the election.
John Blair Smith Todd, Yankton, successfully contested the election of William Jayne, and took his seat June 17, 1864.

Thirty-Ninth Congress, March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1867

Walter Atwood Burleigh, Yankton

Fortieth Congress, March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1869

Walter Atwood Burleigh, Yankton

Forty-First Congress, March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871

Solomon Lewis Spink, Yankton

Forty-Second Congress, March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873

Moses Kimball Armstrong, Yankton, whose election was unsuccessfully contested by Walter A. Burleigh and Solomon L. Spink

Forty-Third Congress, March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875

Moses Kimball Armstrong, Yankton

Forty-Fourth Congress, March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877

Jefferson Parish Kidder, Vermillion

Forty-Fifth Congress, March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879

Jefferson Parish Kidder, Vermillion

Forty-Sixth Congress, March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881

Granville Gaylord Bennett, Yankton

Forty-Seventh Congress, March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883

Richard Franklin Pettigrew, Sioux Falls

Forty-Eighth Congress, March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885

John Baldwin Raymond, Fargo

Forty-Ninth Congress, March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887

Oscar Sherman Gifford, Canton

Fiftieth Congress, March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889

Oscar Sherman Gifford, Canton

Fifty-first Congress, March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1891

George Arthur Mathews, Brookings, served until November 2, 1889, when the Territory of Dakota was divided and granted statehood as the States of North and South Dakota by act of Congress approved February 22, 1889.