Lem Overpeck (September 18, 1911 – April 10, 2003) was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969 serving under Governor

Nils Boe Nils Andreas Boe (September 10, 1913 – July 30, 1992) was an American attorney who served as the 23rd Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969. He served as a judge of the United States Customs Court, later the United States Court of Interna ...

. He was a member of the

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Biography

He was born in Belle Fourche, South Dakota and received his LL.B. degree from the University of South Dakota in 1936. He practiced law in

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and served in

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in the

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. He married Helen Brewer and they had four children. He served as the

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for Butte County, South Dakota, for four terms and served six years on the Board of Regents. He was elected to the State Senate of the

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in 1962 and Lieutenant Governor in 1964 and 1966. He was a member of the Episcopal Church,

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and Elks.

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