Robert Chamberlin

Robert Mather Chamberlin (June 7, 1920 September 10, 2013) was an American politician in the state of South Dakota who was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1955 to 1964.[1] Chamberlin was an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and also attended the University of Southern California for his first two years of college on a baseball scholarship. He was a farmer/cattle rancher in Hecla, South Dakota and served as mayor of Hecla. He was also a former high school teacher in Orlando, Florida. He served in the Navy as a pilot during World War II in the Pacific earning a Silver Star.[2] He was also the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of South Dakota in the 1966 and 1968 elections. He died in 2013, aged 93.[3]

Robert Chamberlin
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
from the 35th district
In office
1955–1960
Personal details
Born(1920-06-07)June 7, 1920
Hecla, South Dakota
DiedSeptember 10, 2013(2013-09-10) (aged 93)
Kernersville, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Jane Dorothy Pope
ChildrenMerritt Pope Chamberlin, Deborah Chamberlin Ahlman
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin

References

Party political offices
Preceded by
John F. Lindley
Democratic nominee for Governor of South Dakota
1966, 1968
Succeeded by
Richard F. Kneip


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