Governor Robert Scadden Vessey
Years in Office: 1909-1913

Birth: May 16, 1858;
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Death: October 18, 1929;
Pasadena, California

Governor Robert Vessey worked to keep peace among South Dakota Progressives and sought to enhance control of government through the direct primary law.

Classification Number: 1/17/1
Accession Number:
88-18
Collection:
Governor Robert Scadden Vessey
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Proclamations, 1909-1912.  Collection contains 1909 and 1912 Arbor Day Proclamations along with 1909, 1910, and 1911 Thanksgiving Proclamations, as well as a 1912 Memorial Day Proclamation.
Shelf Location:
Box 2324A

Classification Number: 1/17/2
Accession Number:
92-78
Collection:
Governor Robert Scadden Vessey
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eries Title & Inclusive Dates: Photographs of Governor Vessey & His Staff, 1909-1910.  Featured are Governor Vessey, Kenneth Sellers, Abbie Whitney, O.S. Basford, Joe Wingfield, as well as both the old and new Capitol Buildings.
Shelf Location:
Box 5483B

Accession Number: H74-184
Collection:
Governor Robert Vessey
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Papers, 1908-1913.  Included is correspondence relating to issues official, political, and personal.
Shelf Location: Boxes 3486A - 3496A

Accession Number: 96-332
Collection:
Governor, Inaugural Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Biennial Message to the Thirteenth Legislature, Biennial Message to the Twelfth Legislature, Inaugural Address to the Eleventh Legislature, 1909-1913.
Shelf Location:
7136A-7136C

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