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William John Janklow (September 13, 1939 – January 12, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician and member of the Republican Party who holds the record for the longest tenure as the governor of South Dakota: sixteen years in office. Janklow had the third-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,851 days. [1]
Jancita Eagle Deer (1952 – April 4, 1975) was a Brulé Lakota who lived on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.She was notable for accusing William Janklow of having raped her in January 1967 when he was a poverty lawyer and Director of the Rosebud Sioux Legal Services program on the reservation.
Bill Janklow bought a helicopter while was serving as the state's Attorney General in the 1970s. When he came under fire for wasting state funds, he stated that the purchase came out to about 2¢ per resident of the state. Furthermore, he offered to refund the 2¢ to any resident who requested it and paid out around 200 claims.
Dakota Territory was organized on March 2, 1861; [1] on November 2, 1889, it was split into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [2]The Constitution of South Dakota originally provided for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every two years with no limits.
USD President Charles Lien and Gov. Bill Janklow often were annoyed by us. If you were editor of the Volante, you were the last word on campus. USD President Charles Lien and Gov. Bill Janklow ...
South Dakota's longest-serving governor was Bill Janklow; he was the first governor to complete two four-year terms, and he did it twice, serving from 1979 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 2003. [12] Janklow is also the only person to serve non-consecutive terms as governor. Several governors have gone on to serve in other high offices.
She was the first woman to be named a high school principal in Sioux Falls, and the first woman to take a leadership role in the state legislature.
Bill Cobbs, a seasoned character actor with nearly 200 television and film credits including 'Air Bud,' 'The Bodyguard' and 'New Jack City,' has died at 90.