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Emil LoriksEmil Loriks (1895–1985) was a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate from 1927 to 1929.[1][2][3] BiographyEmil Loriks was born in Oldham, South Dakota in 1895.[2][3] He served in the First World War.[3] From 1927 to 1934, he was the leader of the Farmers' Holiday Association.[2] He also served as South Dakota state senator from 1927 to 1929. In 1938, he lost the election against Republican Karl Mundt.[2] He served as President of the South Dakota chapter of the National Farmers Union from 1934 to 1938, and of the Farmer's Union Grain Terminal Association from 1957 to 1967.[2][3] In 1976, he bought the Loriks Peterson Heritage House in Oldham, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places.[4] In 1980, he was the first recipient of the South Dakota Farmers Union Award for Meritorious Service.[3] He received honorary degrees from South Dakota State University and Dakota State University, and he was a charter member of the South Dakota Hall of Fame.[3] In 1985, he was inducted into the South Dakota Association of Cooperatives Hall of Fame.[3] He died the same year.[2] Bibliography
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