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'''Roderick Dhu Sutherland''' (b. 1862-d. 1915) was a [[Nebraska]] [[United States Populist Party|Populist]] politician.

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Born in [[Scotch Grove, Iowa]] on April 27, 1862, he attended [[Amity College]], [[College Springs, Iowa]]. He taught school and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1888. He set up practive in [[Nelson, Nebraska]], becoming the prosecuting attorney of [[Nuckolls County, Nebraska|Nuckolls County]] 1890 until 1896.

|name = Roderick Dhu Sutherland

|image = Roderick Dhu Sutherland (Nebraska Congressman).jpg

|caption = From Volume 2 (1899) of ''Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, and Fifty-fifth Congress''

|state = [[Nebraska]]

|district = {{ushr|Nebraska|5|5th}}

|term_start = March 4, 1897

|term_end = March 3, 1901

|predecessor = [[William E. Andrews]]

|successor = [[Ashton C. Shallenberger]]

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1862|4|27}}

|birth_place = [[Scotch Grove, Iowa]], US

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|10|18|1862|4|27}}

|death_place = [[Kansas City, Kansas]], US

|party = [[People's Party (United States)|Populist]]

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'''Roderick Dhu Sutherland''' (b.April 27, 1862-d. – October 18, 1915) was aan [[Nebraska]]American [[People's Party (United States )|Populist Party|Populist]] politician.

He served as the chairman of the Populist State convention in Nebraska in1899. He then was appointed by governor [[William A. Poynter]] as a delegate to the trust conference held in [[Chicago]] in September 1899. He was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901), but failed at being reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He was a delegate to the Populist National Convention and a delegate to the [[1900 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in 1900, and one to the [[1908 Democratic National Convention]].

BornSutherland was born in [[Scotch Grove, Iowa]] on April 27, 1862, heand attended [[Amity College (Iowa)|Amity College]], in [[College Springs, Iowa]]. He taught school and studied law, being admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1888. He set up practivepractice in [[Nelson, Nebraska]], becoming the prosecuting attorney of [[Nuckolls County, Nebraska|Nuckolls County]] 1890 until 1896.

He resumed practice of law in Nelson, and died in [[Kansas City, Kansas]] on October 18, 1915; interned in Nelson Cemetery, Nelson, Nebraska

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HeSutherland served as the chairman of the Populist Statestate convention in Nebraska in1899in 1899. He then was appointed by governor [[William A. Poynter]] as a delegate to the trust conference held in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] in September 1899. He was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897- – March 3, 1901), but failed at being reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress. in November 1900. He was a delegate to the Populist National Convention and a delegate to the [[1900 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] in 1900, and one to the [[1908 Democratic National Convention]].

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HeAfter his Congressional service, Sutherland resumed practice of law in Nelson, and died in [[Kansas City, Kansas]], onin October1915. 18,His 1915;remains were internedinterred in Nelson Cemetery, Nelson, Nebraska.

He was married to Ana Marie Laramor.

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# {{cite web | titlewebsite= [[The Political Graveyard]] | worktitle=Sutherland, Roderick Dhu | url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#R9M0JEHUS| accessdate|access-date=January 15, | accessyear=2006 }}

# {{cite web | titlework=[[Biographical Directory of the CongressionalUnited Bioguide|States workCongress]] |title=Sutherland, Roderick Dhu | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001085 | accessdateaccess-date=January 15, | accessyear=2006 }}

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# {{cite web | title= The Political Graveyard | work=Sutherland, Roderick Dhu | url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#R9M0JEHUS| accessdate=January 15 | accessyear=2006 }}

# {{cite web | title= Congressional Bioguide| work=Sutherland, Roderick Dhu | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001085| accessdate=January 15 | accessyear=2006 }}

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