William J. Janklow, former S.D. governor and congressman, dies at 72
William J. Janklow, 72, the flamboyant former governor of South Dakota who served half a term in the House of Representatives before resigning in the wake of a fatal traffic accident, died Jan. 12 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, S.D.
He had been hospitalized with brain cancer. His son, Russ Janklow, confirmed the death to the Associated Press.
For more than a quarter century, “Wild Bill” Janklow, a Republican, dominated South Dakota’s political landscape. His political rise began in 1974 with his election as the state’s attorney general. He served four energetic and controversial terms as governor before his election to Congress in 2002.
He resigned following an August 2003 traffic accident north of Sioux Falls in which he ran a stop sign and struck and killed a motorcyclist. The next year, a jury convicted him of manslaughter, and he was jailed for 100 days.
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