Joe Bottum served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota.
16 Facts About Joe Bottum
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Joe Bottum was born in Faulkton, South Dakota and was educated in the public schools of Faulkton.
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Joe Bottum's paternal grandfather, Henry C Bottum, had been a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, his maternal grandfather, Darius S Smith, had been a member of the South Dakota Senate and his father, Joseph H Bottum, was a member of the South Dakota Senate.
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Joe Bottum attended Yankton College and the University of South Dakota.
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Joe Bottum graduated from the law school of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion in 1927.
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Joe Bottum was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced the practice of law in St Paul, Minnesota, and later, Faulkton, South Dakota.
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Shortly after beginning his legal practice in Faulkton, Joe Bottum was elected Faulk County State's Attorney in 1932, and was re-elected in 1934.
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Joe Bottum was appointed State Director of Taxation in 1937.
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In 1942, Bottum unsuccessfully ran for Governor, losing the Republican primary to Merrell Q Sharpe.
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Joe Bottum resigned from state government in 1943 to accept a position with the Board of Economic Warfare.
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In 1944, Joe Bottum resigned from the Board and successfully ran for Pennington County State's Attorney; he was re-elected in 1946.
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In 1948, Joe Bottum was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of South Dakota.
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In 1950, Joe Bottum ran for Congress from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district, but lost in the Republican primary to Ellis Berry.
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Joe Bottum was elected Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota in 1960, and served in Governor Archie M Gubbrud's administration from 1961 to 1962.
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Joe Bottum was a resident of Rapid City, South Dakota, until his death.
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Joe Bottum is interred at Pine Lawn Cemetery in Rapid City.