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George Theodore Mickelson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota · 1954
George Theodore Mickelson , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. George Theodore Mickelson (July 23, 1903 – February 28, 1965) was an American lawyer, 16th Attorney General of South Dakota and 18th Governor of South Dakota, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. He is the patriarch of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
Education
- University of South Dakota School of Law (now Knudson School of Law)LL.B., 1927
Career
Private practice, South Dakota, 1927-; State's attorney, South Dakota, 1933-1936; State representative, South Dakota, 1937-1941; speaker, 1941; Attorney general, State of South Dakota, 1943-1947; Governor, South Dakota, 1947-1951
Biography
George Theodore Mickelson (July 23, 1903 – February 28, 1965) was an American lawyer, 16th Attorney General of South Dakota and 18th Governor of South Dakota, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. He is the patriarch of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
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