“William J. Bulow Twelfth Governor of South Dakota”

William J. Bulow was born in 1869 in Claremont County, Ohio. Receiving an LLB in 1893 from the University of Michigan, he came to South Dakota and opened a law practice in Beresford, where he served as mayor and city attorney before his election as governor of South Dakota on the Democratic ticket in 1926 and 1928. A life-long Cleveland Democrat, the governor incurred the wrath of New Deal President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1932 and 1936, Bulow was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he was instrumental in securing for Beresford its modern post office, dedicated in 1940. He also played a role in the routing of U.S. Highway 77 through the town’s main thoroughfare. Before retiring from public life in 1942, Senator Bulow made many similar contributions to the community, state and nation. The senator died in 1960 and is buried in St. John’s Cemetery east of Beresford.

Union County, Hwy 46 in Beresford