What is James Abdnor?
{{Infobox Senator | name = James Abdnor | image = JamesAbdnor.jpg | imagesize = |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[South Dakota]] |party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] |term_start = January 3, 1981 |term_end = January 3, 1987 |preceded = [[George McGovern]] |succeeded = [[Tom Daschle]] |order2 = 15th [[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]] |term_start2 = 1987 |term_end2 = 1989 |president2 = [[Ronald Reagan]] |predecessor2 = [[James C. Sanders]] | successor2 = [[Susan Engeleiter]] | state3 = [[South Dakota]] | district3 = 2nd | term_start3 = January 3, 1973 | term_end3 = January 3, 1981 | predecessor3 = [[James Abourezk]] | successor3 = [[Clint Roberts]] | order4 = 30th [[Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota]] | term_start4 = 1969 | term_end4 = 1971 | governor4 = [[Frank Farrar]] | predecessor4 = [[Lem Overpeck]] | successor4 = [[William Dougherty]] | office5 = Member of the [[South Dakota Senate]] | term_start5 = 1957 | term_end5 = 1969 | preceded5 = | succeeded5 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|7|5}} | birth_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|16|1923|2|13}} | death_place = [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] | religion = | allegiance = [[United States]] | branch = [[United States Army]] | battles = [[World War II]] }} '''James Abdnor''' (February 13, 1923 – May 16, 2012)<ref name=BD>{{cite web|title=Abdnor, James|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000009|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] from [[South Dakota]]. He served in the [[United States Senate]] from 1981 to 1987. He was in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1973 to 1981.<ref name=BD/> Abdnor was born on February 13, 1923 in [[Kennebec, South Dakota]]. He graduated from the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] in 1945. Abdnor died