Title supplied by cataloger. Robert Dollard (1842-1912) was born in Massachusetts and was educated in that state's public schools, entering the Union army at the outbreak of the war. He was a member of the Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and was among the first to respond to the call for volunteers at the outbreak of the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major during the conflict. Major Dollard studied law and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the state of Illinois in 1870 and moved to Dakota Territory in 1879, settling in Douglas County as the first settler in that county; during this time, in 1875, he married Carrie E. Dunn. Major Dollard continued in the general practice of the law for numerous years, and was elected to several local offices: became states attorney of Bon Homme County and was chosen attorney general for the provisional government in 1885; served as Territorial Legislature as a member of the Council in 1888; elected as the first Attorney-General of the State of South Dakota, serving two terms; elected to the state senate in 1892; elected to the house of representatives in 1896. Portrait of Major Robert Dollard, an army officer, attorney and politician. Major Dollard wears a dark gray pin-striped suit, white shirt, black bowtie, and pin tacked on his lapel.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;14 x 10 on board 19 x 12 cm. Photographic prints
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