Henry Loucks
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Henry Loucks (1846–1928)[1] was a newspaper editor and politician in the Dakota Territory, United States.
Biography
[edit]Henry Langford Loucks was born in Canada of Luxembourger-German and Irish immigrants.[2] In 1890, he was nominated by members of the Farmers' Alliance as candidate for governor of South Dakota for the Independent Party, a precursor to the People's Party (United States).[2][3] However, he lost to Arthur C. Mellette.[3]
He was also the editor of the Dakota Ruralist newspaper.[4]
One of his sons, Daniel K. Loucks, was the Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Government ownership of railroads and telegraph: as advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and industrial union (1893)
- The new monetary system as advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union (1895)
- The great conspiracy of the house of Morgan and how to defeat it (1916)
- Our Daily Bread: Must Be Freed from the Greed of Private Monopoly (1919)
- How to restore and maintain our government bonds at par (1921)
References
[edit]- ^ Loucks, Henry Langford (1975). "Great conspiracy of the house of Morgan and how to defeat it Henry L. Loucks".
- ^ a b Frank Van Nuys, 'Immigrants and Politics in South Dakota, 1861-1930', in The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture (eds. Jon K. Lauck, John E. Miller, Donald C. Simmons, Jr.), Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2011, p. 49
- ^ a b Steven L. Piott, Giving voters a voice: the origins of the initiative and referendum in America, University of Missouri Press, 2003, pp. 21-22 [1]
- ^ David J. Wishart, Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, University of Nebraska Press, 2004, p. 683 [2]
- ^ "The Loucks Room". Argus Leader. 1929-03-08. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
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