Peter Norbeck | |
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United States Senator from South Dakota | |
In office March 4, 1921 – December 20, 1936 | |
Preceded by | Edwin S. Johnson |
Succeeded by | Herbert E. Hitchcock |
9th Governor of South Dakota | |
In office January 2, 1917 – January 4, 1921 | |
Lieutenant | William H. McMaster |
Preceded by | Frank M. Byrne |
Succeeded by | William H. McMaster |
11th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota | |
In office 1915–1917 | |
Governor | Frank M. Byrne |
Preceded by | E. L. Abel |
Succeeded by | William H. McMaster |
Member of the South Dakota Senate | |
In office 1909–1915 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Clay County, Dakota Territory | August 27, 1870
Died | December 20, 1936 Redfield, South Dakota, U.S. | (aged 66)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Well driller |
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870 – December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, he was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was the first native-born Governor of South Dakota to serve in office, and the first native-born U.S. Senator from South Dakota (he was born in the portion of the Dakota Territory that would later become the state of South Dakota). He is best remembered as "Mount Rushmore's great political patron", for promoting the construction of the giant sculpture at Mount Rushmore and securing federal funding for it.[1]