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'''Roderick Dhu Sutherland''' (b.[[April 27]], [[1862-d.]]–[[October 18]], [[1915]]) was a [[Nebraska]] [[United States Populist Party (United States)|Populist]] [[politician]].
BornSutherland was born in [[Scotch Grove, Iowa]] on April 27, 1862, heand attended [[Amity College]], [[College Springs, Iowa]]. He taught school and studied law, being admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1888. He set up practive in [[Nelson, Nebraska]], becoming the prosecuting attorney of [[Nuckolls County, Nebraska|Nuckolls County]] 1890 until 1896.
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]].
HeAfter his Congressional service, Sutherland resumed practice of law in Nelson, and died in [[Kansas City, Kansas]]in on1915. October 18,His 1915;remains internedwere interred in Nelson Cemetery, [[Nelson, Nebraska]].
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