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Vera Cahalan Bushfield

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Vera Cahalan Bushfield

Birth
Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Death
16 Apr 1976 (aged 86)
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
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US Senator. Born in Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, she was the wife of US Senator and 16th South Dakota Governor, Harlan J. Bushfield. She graduated from Stout Institute Wisconsin, in 1912, plus attended Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Minnesota. In October 1948, she was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband Harlan J. Bushfield and served until her resignation on December 26, 1948. She died at age 86 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
US Senator. Born in Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, she was the wife of US Senator and 16th South Dakota Governor, Harlan J. Bushfield. She graduated from Stout Institute Wisconsin, in 1912, plus attended Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Minnesota. In October 1948, she was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband Harlan J. Bushfield and served until her resignation on December 26, 1948. She died at age 86 in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6917291/vera_cahalan-bushfield: accessed ), memorial page for Vera Cahalan Bushfield (9 Aug 1889–16 Apr 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6917291, citing G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.