John Rankin Gamble

John Rankin Gamble ( born January 15, 1848 in Alabama, Genesee County, New York; † August 14, 1891 in Yankton, South Dakota ) was an American politician. In 1891, he was the second electoral district of the State of South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

John Gamble came from an illustrious family of politicians. His younger brother Robert was of 1895-1912 the State of South Dakota in both chambers of Congress. His nephew Ralph was sitting 1937-1956 for the state of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. Gamble attended the public schools of his home and moved in 1862 with his parents to Fox Lake in Wisconsin. After studying at the Lawrence University he studied until 1873 Jura. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began in Yankton in the Dakota Territory to exercise his new profession.

Political career

Gamble was a member of the Republican Party. From 1876 to 1878 he was District Attorney in Yankton County; then he served for a short time as a federal prosecutor of the territory. Between 1877 and 1879 he was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives. 1878 he was also a member of the Territorial Government from 1881 to 1885. In the congressional elections of 1890 John Gamble was elected to succeed Oscar S. Gifford in the U.S. House of Representatives. His term began on March 4, 1891. Gamble died in August of that year, before the first meeting of the House of Representatives. He was buried in Yankton.