IOWA! Return the Bones of my Crawford!

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One of the characters in South Dakota political history that I've always been the most curious about is Coe Crawford. Mainly because of his connection to my hometown of Pierre. I used to have one of his political pins for Senate - one of the earliest political pins for a South Dakota race.

He's of particular interest because not a lot of Pierre residents - or South Dakotans - climb up the ladder of South Dakota Politics like he did.

Just a snippet from his Congressional Biography:
Prosecuting attorney of Hughes County in 1887 and 1888; member, Territorial council 1889; upon the admission of South Dakota as a State was elected as a member of the first State senate; attorney general of South Dakota 1892-1896; unsuccessful Republican candidate in 1896 for Representative at Large to the Fifty-fifth Congress; Governor of South Dakota 1907-1908; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1915; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914;
A man who rose from State's Attorney to U.S. Senate, and hit nearly every office in-between. Not even Pierre's other hometown success story, Mike Rounds, has hit that many milestones.

And he's buried in Iowa. No. I'm not going to accept it.

So now, I'm throwing down the gauntlet to Iowa. On behalf of the State of South Dakota you will return the bones of Coe Crawford to me for internment in a place of honor here in the Capital City of his adopted state.

You could never love him and appreciate him as much as we could. What was he ever elected to there? Here, history looks upon him with favor and a place of unique honor. There, he's just another one of those "I-wegians."

Seriously, I'd encourage you to read more about one of Pierre's most favored politicians here. And use the inspiration to climb the ladder of politics yourself. (I know a political hack you can hire to help).

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