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Vessey's candidacy for governor was supported in large part due to his solid record in the state senate. As governor, he worked to keep peace among South Dakota
Progressives and sought to enhance control of government through the direct primary law. He was also the first governor to proclaim Mothers'
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Charles and Jane Elizabeth Vessey in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. His father was a Methodist lay preacher; his mother was an English immigrant. Vessey was raised and educated near
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Pasadena and was entombed in Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California. His house on College Street in Wessington Springs was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, as
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