History of Aberdeen, (Brown County) South Dakota United States of America

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James Henderson Kyle, senator, was born near Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1854; son of Thomas Beveridge and Margaret Jane (Henderson) Kyle; grandson of Judge Samuel and Rachel (Jackson) Kyle; great grandson of Joseph Kyle, a Revolutionary soldier. and a descendant of Samuel Kyle, proprietor of Clifton Hall, near Chambersburg, Pa. His father, a civil engineer, served in the civil war, 1862-64. He was six feet six inches tall. James H. Kyle entered the UniverSity of Illinois in 1871, where he tcok a course in civil engineering,and was graduated from Oberlin college, A.B. in 1878. He was married, April 72,[sic.] 1881, to Anna Belle Dugo of Oberlin, Ohio. He studied law, but decided on the ministry as his profession, and was graduated from the Western Theological seminary, Allegheny, Pa., in 1882. While studying theology he taught mathematics and engineering. He went to Utah in charge of educational work for the church board; was pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church at Salt Lake City, 1882-85, and subordinate officer of the Utah commission in 1883. In 1886 he settled in Dakota Territory, where he was pastor of Congregational churches at Ipswich and Aberdeen, and financial secretary of Yankton college. He supported the South Dakota Prohibition ticket in 1888; was elected to the South Dakota senate in 1890, and U.S. senator from South Dakota as successor to Gideon C. Moody, in 1891, receiving the combined Independent and Democratic votes. In 1897 he was re-elected for a second term, expiring March 3, 1903. He served on the committees on Indian affairs, territories, pensions, irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, Indian depredations, forest reservations and the protection of game, and was chairman of the committee on education and labor. He was also elected chairman of the U.S. industrial commission. He died in Aberdeen, S.D., July 1, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Aberdeen, (Brown County) South Dakota

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