Henry Loucks
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Henry Loucks (1846–1928)[1] was a newspaper editor and politician in the Dakota Territory, United States.
Biography
Henry Langford Loucks was born in Canada of Luxembourger-German and Irish immigrants.[2] In 1890, he was nominated by members of the Farmers' Alliance as candidate for governor of South Dakota for the Independent Party, a precursor to the People's Party (United States).[2][3] However, he lost to Arthur C. Mellette.[3]
He was also the editor of the Dakota Ruralist newspaper.[4]
One of his sons, Daniel K. Loucks, was the Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives.[5]
Bibliography
- Government ownership of railroads and telegraph: as advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and industrial union (1893)
- The new monetary system as advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union (1895)
- The great conspiracy of the house of Morgan and how to defeat it (1916)
- Our Daily Bread: Must Be Freed from the Greed of Private Monopoly (1919)
- How to restore and maintain our government bonds at par (1921)
