BENJAMIN REIFEL
Name: Benjamin Reifel
Born: 19 September 1906
Died: 2 January 1990
Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (September 19, 1906 - January 2, 1990), a Lakota Sioux
and a Republican United States Congressman from the First District of South
Dakota; born on the Rosebud Indian Reservation near Parmelee, Todd County, South
Dakota. Served in World War II in Europe, achieving the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. Employed by the Department of the Interior since 1933, resigning as
Aberdeen, South Dakota area administrator of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in
March 1960. Received his PhD in public administration from Harvard University in
1952. Elected to the Eighty-seventh Congress and to the four succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for re-election
in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress.
Name: Benjamin Reifel
Born: 19 September 1906
Died: 2 January 1990
Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (September 19, 1906 - January 2, 1990), a Lakota Sioux
and a Republican United States Congressman from the First District of South
Dakota; born on the Rosebud Indian Reservation near Parmelee, Todd County, South
Dakota. Served in World War II in Europe, achieving the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. Employed by the Department of the Interior since 1933, resigning as
Aberdeen, South Dakota area administrator of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in
March 1960. Received his PhD in public administration from Harvard University in
1952. Elected to the Eighty-seventh Congress and to the four succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for re-election
in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress.