Theodore B. Werner was a U.S.

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 Democratic

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 politician

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He was born in Ossian, Iowa

Ossian, Iowa

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. He served as the mayor of Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota

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 from 1929 to 1930. He was elected to two terms in the United States House of Representatives

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, representing South Dakota

South Dakota

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, and served from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1937. He lost his bid for re-election in 1936 to Francis H. Case

Francis H. Case

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. He died at the age of 97 in Rapid City, South Dakota and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery there.

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