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Robert Chamberlin | |
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| Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 35th district | |
| In office 1955–1960 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1920 Hecla, South Dakota |
| Died | September 10, 2013 (aged 93) Kernersville, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Jane Dorothy Pope |
| Children | Merritt Pope Chamberlin, Deborah Chamberlin Ahlman |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
Robert Mather Chamberlin (June 7, 1920 – September 10, 2013) was an American politician in the state of South Dakota who was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1955 to 1964.[1] Chamberlin was an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and also attended the University of Southern California for his first two years of college on a baseball scholarship. He was a farmer/cattle rancher in Hecla, South Dakota and served as mayor of Hecla. He was also a former high school teacher in Orlando, Florida. He served in the Navy as a pilot during World War II in the Pacific earning a Silver Star.[2] He also ran as a Democratic candidate for Governor of South Dakota in the 1966 and 1968 elections. He died in 2013, aged 93.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Chamberlin". South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ Hipple, John E. (1957). South Dakota Legislative Manual.
- ^ "Robert Mather Chamberlin - townnews-aberdeennews". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
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