Roderick D. Sutherland: Difference between revisions

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Sutherland served as the chairman of the Populist state convention in Nebraska in 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]] and the [[1908 Democratic National Convention]].

After his Congressional service, Sutherland resumed practice of law in Nelson, and died in [[Kansas City, Kansas]]in 1915. His remains were interred in Nelson Cemetery, [[Nelson, Nebraska]].

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