What is Gordon Mydland?
{{Infobox state representative |name = Gordon Mydland |image = Gordon Mydland.png |image_size=170px |state_house= |state_senate=South Dakota |district = 13th, 6th |term_start =1963 |term_end =1968 |office2 = 23rd [[Attorney General of South Dakota]] |term2 =1969&ndash;1973 |office3 =Circuit Court Judge |term_start3 = |term_end3 = |governor2 =Frank Farrar<br>[[Richard F. Kneip]] |preceded2 =[[Frank Farrar]] |succeeded2 =[[Kermit A. Sande]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1922|5|12}} |birth_place = [[Lake Preston, South Dakota]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|6|1922|5|12}} |death_place = [[Brookings, South Dakota|Brookings]], South Dakota, U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|Lorrie Grange|1958|2000|reason=her death}} |residence= |occupation= Attorney |children = |relations= |alma_mater= [[University of South Dakota]] (BS, JD) }} '''Gordon James Mydland''' (May 12, 1922 &ndash; October 6, 2022) was an American former politician and attorney. He was the [[Attorney General of South Dakota]] between 1969 until 1973. Before, he was a member of the [[South Dakota Senate]] between 1963 until 1968.<ref>[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=172 Gordon J. Mydland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416181403/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Historical_Listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=172 |date=2016-04-16 }} South Dakota Legislator Historical Listing</ref> He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in May 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brookingsregister.com/article/a-legacy-of-public-service|title=A legacy of public service|publisher=[[The Brookings Register]]|date=19 July 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> and died on October 6, 2022, in [[Brookings, South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.johnsonhenryfh.com/obituary/gordon-mydland|title=Gordon Mydland of Brookings, South Dakot