South Dakota was one of the great successes for populism in America. In 1896, the Populist Party secured control of the South Dakota legislature and elected Andrew Lee as Governor; he only got one term, though. South Dakota was the first state to enable state-wide initiatives and referendums.

FrankBaum spent some time as a Silverite newspaper editor in South Dakota.

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