Sioux Kingsbury Grigsby (December 25, 1873 – August 21, 1968) was an attorney and politician in the United States state of South Dakota. Grigsby was born into a prominent pioneering family, Kingsbury family in South Dakota and set up a law practice which he would maintain for over 60 years. Grigsby served as state representative, state senator, and Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1945 to 1949.
After being admitted to the state bar, Sioux Grigsby served as the assistant Attorney General of South Dakota with his father as Attorney General. Grigsby also served as the city attorney for Sioux Falls from 1908 to 1909. Grigsby was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1937 for Minnehaha County, and he served for two years, until 1939, when he was elected to the South Dakota State Senate, where he served until 1945, when he was named lieutenant governor.[2] He had originally planned to run for the state senate again in 1945 but promptly withdrew his candidacy when he was nominated as lieutenant governor.[1] As lieutenant governor, he served alongside governors Merrill Q. Sharpe and George T. Mickelson. He also served in the capacity of acting governor briefly in 1947.[4] Active in the Minnehaha County, South Dakota, American Bar Associations and state Taxpayers' Association, Grigsby was one of the more well-known Republicans in South Dakota, even being crowned "Mr. Republican" of the state in 1955.[1][2] He also maintained a farm in Minnehaha County.
Personal life
Sioux married Alice Josephine Tyler in 1899. They had no children. Sioux married Anna Gilchriest in 1917. They had two children, Suzanne (later Mrs. Russell Woolley) and William.
Death
Sioux died on August 21, 1968, at a hospital in Sioux Falls. He was reportedly one of the oldest residents of Sioux Falls at the time.[5] He had previously retired from his law practice in 1966, after nearly 70 continuous years of practice, due to poor health.[2][6][7] Sioux was survived by his wife Anna, daughter Suzanne, and son William. An obituary of him at the time lauded him in that "his career ... [had] paralleled the development of his city and state".[5]
He is interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux Falls.[8]
^"Acting Governor Receives Gift At Mock Conference", The Huronite and The Daily Plainsman, Wednesday, July 16, 1947, Huron, South Dakota, United States Of America
^ ab"Sioux Grigsby, 94, Dies at SF", The Daily Republic, Wednesday, August 21, 1968, Mitchell, South Dakota, United States Of America
^"Around the World", Weekend Daily Reporter, Saturday, September 03, 1966, Dover, Ohio, United States Of America