Donald E. Osheim
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
In office
1965–1972
Personal details
Born(1919-08-20)August 20, 1919
Rosholt, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedJuly 12, 2003(2003-07-12) (aged 83)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of South Dakota

Donald E. Osheim (August 20, 1919 – July 12, 2003) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.[1]

Life and career

Osheim was born in Rosholt, South Dakota, to Lawrence C. Osheim and Anna Osheim.[2] He attended high-school in Rosholt graduating in 1937.[2]

He then went to serve in World War II as a Navy Air Corps pilot.[2]

After the war Osheim went to the University of South Dakota to obtain his law degree in 1948.[3][4] He was admitted to the bar February 1848 with ten other graduates.[5] He started practicing law as the city attorney of Watertown, South Dakota, a position he served from 1952 until 1886.[2]

Osheim served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1972[1] and was the Speaker of the House from 1971 to 1972 in his final session.[2]

In 1986 he moved with his wife to Bella Vista, Arkansas, then later in 2000 to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2] Osheim died on July 12, 2003, at the age of 83, survived by his wife Reva and three children.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Donald E. Osheim". South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Donald E. Osheim". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. July 13, 2003. p. 24. Retrieved July 3, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 191. ISBN 9780313302145 via Google Books.
  4. South Dakota Legislative Manual, State Publishing Company, 1971, p. 136
  5. "11 Young Attorneys Admitted to S.D. Bar". Argus-Leader. 27 February 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 3 July 2023. Open access icon


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