Peter Norbeck

Peter Norbeck
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	(1870-08-27)August 27, 1870 Clay County, Dakota Territory
Died	December 20, 1936(1936-12-20) (aged 66) Redfield, South Dakota, U.S.
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]