Henry Loucks
South Dakota politician
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| Intro | South Dakota politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Politician Editor Journalist | |
| Work field | Journalism Politics | |
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| Birth | Canada | |
| Residence | Dakota Territory |
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Henry Loucks was a newspaper editor and politician in the Dakota Territory, United States.
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Henry Langford Loucks was born in Canada of Luxembourger-German and Irish immigrants. In 1890, he was nominated by members of the Farmers' Alliance as candidate for Governor of the Dakota Territory for the Independent Party, a precursor to the People's Party (United States). However, he lost to Arthur C. Mellette.
He was also the editor of the Dakota Ruralist newspaper.