George Warren Blair (August 24, 1921 – January 1, 2020) was an American politician in the state of

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

. He was a member of the

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. Blair was born in

Sturgis, South Dakota Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 7,020 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Meade County and is named after Samuel D. Sturgis, a Union Army, Union general dur ...

and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1938. He was a

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veteran of

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and a cattle rancher.

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1921 births 2020 deaths Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives People from Sturgis, South Dakota Military personnel from South Dakota Ranchers from South Dakota 20th-century members of the South Dakota Legislature {{SouthDakota-politician-stub