Henry Loucks Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great conspiracy of the house of Morgan and how to defeat it Henry L. Loucks . 1975 . Loucks . Henry Langford .
2. Frank Van Nuys, 'Immigrants and Politics in South Dakota, 1861-1930', in The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture (eds. Jon K. Lauck, John E. Miller, Donald C. Simmons, Jr.), Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2011, p. 49
3. Steven L. Piott, Giving voters a voice: the origins of the initiative and referendum in America, University of Missouri Press, 2003, pp. 21-22 https://books.google.com/books?id=RAEgnNrCjb0C&dq=%22henry+loucks%22+south+dakota&pg=PA21
4. [David J. Wishart]
5. News: 1929-03-08 . The Loucks Room . 6 . . 2022-05-29.