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John Rankin Gamble (January 15, 1848 – August 14, 1891) was a lawyer and politician from
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. He was born in
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in 1848, and was the brother of Robert J. Gamble and uncle of
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. He attended the common schools in New York, and moved with his family to
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, and graduated from
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in 1872. He later studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. He started his practice in Yankton in the
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, becoming the district attorney for Yankton County from 1876–1878, and the
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for the Dakota Territory in 1878. He was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives in 1877, and served there until 1879. He also served in the Territorial council from 1881 to 1885. In 1890 Gamble was elected to Seat B, one of two South Dakota at-large seats in the United States House of Representatives. He served from March 4, 1891 until his death in Yankton on August 14, 1891. Gamble was buried at Yankton City Cemetery.


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* Lawrence University alumni People from Fox Lake, Wisconsin People from Genesee County, New York People from Yankton, South Dakota District attorneys in South Dakota American prosecutors United States Attorneys Members of the Dakota Territorial Legislature 1848 births 1891 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota 19th-century American politicians {{US-law-bio-stub