Pembina County

Judson LaMoure, born March 27, 1839, in Frelighsburgh, Quebec, Canada, served continuously in the North Dakota state senate since statehood. Educated locally and at Frelighsburgh Academy, he moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1859. Following a brief stint in the Pike’s Peak gold rush, he settled in Union County, South Dakota, farming and working for H. D. Booge & Co. He later became a sub-agent for the Lower Brule Indians. Relocating to Pembina in 1870, he farmed and was elected to the territorial legislature in 1872. Married in 1874, he had six children. LaMoure, a prominent community figure, was elected to the first state legislature in 1889 and re-elected every four years thereafter.