the United States District Court for Dakota Territory in 1873. When Governor Nehemiah Ordway attempted to remove the Dakota Territory capital from Yankton, Faulk worked to have Ordway dismissed. On April 19, 1877, Faulk participated in the meeting to adopt a statehood resolution; and in 1883, he attended the constitutional convention. Death Faulk continued to reside in Yankton, South Dakota, until the time of his death. He died on September 4, 1898, in Yankton, South Dakota. Legacy Andrew Jackson Faulk is the namesake of Faulkton, South Dakota, and Faulk County, South Dakota. References External links Andrew Jackson Faulk Letters and Speeches at the Newberry Library Andrew Jackson Faulk Collection of Photographs of the Dakota Territory and Yankton, Santee, and Teton Sioux at the Newberry Library The Political Graveyard State Historical Society of North Dakota Andrew Jackson Faulk Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1814 births 1898 deaths 19th-century American politicians Governors of Dakota Territory Mayors of places in South Dakota People from Kittanning, Pennsylvania People from Milford, Pennsylvania People from Yankton, South Dakota Pennsylvania Democrats Pennsylvania Republicans South Dakota Republicans