Holm Olaf Bursum : [collection] : 1921 ;.
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Dawson, Thomas Fulton, 1853-1923
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Executive Clerk of U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Former Denver, Colo. newspaperman and secretary to Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado. For twenty years Associated Press representative for U.S. Senate. From the description of Scrapbook, 1915. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13307846 ...
Bursum, Holm Olaf, 1867-1953
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Holm O. Bursum was a politician, sheep rancher and warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary. Born in Iowa in 1867, Bursum moved to New Mexico in 1881. While living in Socorro County, he became a prominent cattle and sheep rancher. Brusum began his political career when he was elected Sheriff of Socorro County, serving from 1894-1898. He was Republican Floor Leader at the New Mexico Constitutional Convention in 1910. While serving as U.S. Senator he failed to pass federal legislation which wou...