Representative Ben Reifel with Boys Scouts leaders at the Episcopal Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel with Boy Scouts from the Aberdeen, South Dakota area, from left to right: Clayton Roseth (Aberdeen), Bob Gill (Aberdeen), Dale Hieb (Ipswich), and Paul Gill (Aberdeen)

Former Representative Ben Reifel with Bill and Wynn Pecora; the image is signed in ink on the front: To Ben, with affection - Bill & Wynn Pecora

Representative Ben Reifel with American Indian girls from all parts of the United States, the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and a U.S. National park ranger standing outside

Representative Ben Reifel and a U.S. National park ranger standing outside

Representative Ben Reifel and a group of men are clasping hands in a huddle

Representative Ben Reifel shaking hands with a Boys Scout leaders at the Episcopal Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel (seated) with four 4-H representatives; standing left to right: Dennis Yeaton, Mary Jean Steinheuser, Sandra Jenter, and Donald Hoar

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with a 4-H club member while holding an award, other 4-H club members stand nearby, the United States capitol building is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel working with summer intern Craig Green, a University of South Dakota student from Gettysburg, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel works with intern Debbie Spaulding in his Washington, DC office

Representative Ben Reifel walks with two people at an event

Representative Ben Reifel talks with two men in a Capitol building hallway

Representative Ben Reifel talks with two men at an event

Representative Ben Reifel talks with Richard Nixon at a table

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, talk with the parents of the Fischer quintuplets born in Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel talking with constituents, there is a large tent in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with constituents, there is a large tent in the background

Representative Ben Reifel standing with two other men outside Republican Headquarters in South Dakota looking at a campaign poster for Nils Boe who is running for governor

Representative Ben Reifel speaks during Shriner's Day at South Dakota State University. University president Hilton M. Briggs stand behind Reifel to the left

Representative Ben Reifel speaking at an event, two men are applauding

Representative Ben Reifel signs an autograph for an admirer at an event

Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington D.C office about to sign HR 11413, an act to amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 to permit the planting of additional non-surplus crops on diverted acreage

Representative Ben Reifel shaking hands with US Vice President Spiro Agnew. The photograph is signed Ben Reifel, MC, 1st Dist. SD

Representative Ben Reifel shaking hands with Paul Bixler, President of the South Dakota Future Farmers of America from Centerville, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel shaking hands with Bob Dillman, a Gallaudet College student from Yankton, South Dakota, who won a silver medal in diving in the 1961 Deaflympics in Helsinki, Findland

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with Richard Nixon, there are others in the background

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with Richard Nixon

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his Gettysburg farm in Pennsylvania

Representative Ben Reifel sitting at his Washington D.C. desk speaking into a dictating machine

Man presents Representative Ben Reifel with the 1960 Boys Scouts of American Silver Antelope award

Representative Ben Reifel receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of South Dakota in 1971, Standing with Reifel is Dr. Richard Bowen, president of the university and two other men

University representative places a hood on Representative Ben Reifel. Reifel received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of South Dakota in 1971

Representative Ben Reifel receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of South Dakota in 1971. Standing with Reifel is Dr. Richard Bowen, president of the university

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hand with Admiral Ben Moreell, director of the Americans for Constitutional Action, Reifel was honored with the distinguished service award

Representative Ben Reifel is holding a sign that reads: American Ships Strengthen America

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1964 South Dakota State University Hobo Day bumper sticker by his car in front of the United States Capitol building

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1962 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1961 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Representative Ben Reifel at a powwow on the Rosebud Reservation with dancers dressed in American Indian costume. Reifel is wearing a headdress

Former Representative Ben Reifel standing on the steps leading to the capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel meets with South Dakota highway officials Don Rounds, Don Achiten, Rex Leubcher, and Art B. Anderson in Reifel's office in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Lyle Gerriott, South Dakota RECA and Tom Venables, National RECA

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Bill Baker and Sam Rott, members of the South Dakota Restaurant Association

Representative Ben Reifel meets with John Graff, secretary of the Greater South Dakota Association, Huron, South Dakota, and W. H. Rork, manager of Northern States Power in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel meets with East River Electric officials Art Jones, president, and Harlan Severson (standing)

Representative Ben Reifel meets with VFW representatives from South Dakota, R.W. Hodson, Martin, and Bob Whittemore, Watertown who were raising money for the Battleship USS South Dakota Memorial

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, meet Martha Yunker, the National Homemaker of Tomorrow, and her advisor Melba Ellis

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, meet Martha Yunker, the National Homemaker of Tomorrow: left to right Alice Reifel, Arletta Lischer, Martha Yunker; Harold Lischer; Melba Ellis

Representative Ben Reifel meets representatives from Canton, South Dakota High School in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background. Back row left to right: Alan Thorson, Maximus Van Der Hul, Bill Wittrig, Tom Siter; Front row left to right: Donald Pottratz, Ben Reifel, Bob Kroeger

Representative Ben Reifel meets representatives from Canton, South Dakota High School in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background. Left to right Bill Souvignier, Doug Rickensrud, Terry Berg, Lee Stearns, Gary Stenstand, Donald Pottratz

Representative Ben Reifel meeting with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Susie Ellwein (Center), Judi Wilson (right), Sue French (left)

Representative Ben Reifel meeting with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Left to right: Annette Milbrandt, Rich Loomis, Representative Reifel, Arlen Poppen, Cynthia Sandberg

Representative Ben Reifel with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Bob Gradeneauer is handing Representative Reifel a camera; from left to right: Bob Artz, Aberdeen, Lester McNamara, Watertown, and Bob Gradeneauer, Aberdeen, Representative Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel meeting with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Standing left to right: Don Pattratz, Flandreau, instructor at Canton High School; Greg Eiseland, Canton; Ronald Johnson, Canton; Robbin Bong, Beresford; Leon Yelinek, Canton. Seated are Representative Reifel and James Lounsbery, Beresford

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Gabriel Nelson, Wakonda, South Dakota, Loren Adamson and Ralph Landsman, both from Centerville, South Dakota, to discuss the Vermillion River flood control project in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel looks at a map with two constituents in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel square dances with a young girl in a school gymnasium

Representative Ben Reifel square dances with a young girl in a school gymnasium

Representative Ben Reifel is interviewed on the street by a reporter

Representative Ben Reifel walking down a Washington D.C. street carrying a briefcase

Men with trucks in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a constituent in the Black Hills of South Dakota, they are outside standing by a truck

Representative Ben Reifel in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel giving a talk in Mitchell, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel giving a talk in Mitchell, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel giving a talk in Mitchell, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel talking on a phone in his Washington. D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel sitting at his Washington D.C. desk with a large pile of legislation

Representative Ben Reifel sitting at his Washington D.C. desk with a large pile of letters

Representative Ben Reifel with two people in Flandreau, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel standing in front of a tipi and holding a tipi lamp on the Santee Sioux Reservation in Flandreau, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel from the First District of South Dakota is riding in a car in the Santee Sioux Tribes Siouxtennial Parade in Flandreau, South Dakota with Ida Allen, Rolly Samp, and others

Representative Ben Reifel talking with an unknown man

Representative Ben Reifel is reading a newspaper, he is wearing a lei around his neck, there is a woman standing next to him

Representative Ben Reifel is with a woman, they are both holding elephant figurines

Representative Ben Reifel helps a teacher raise a US flag at an elementary school while three young children hold their hands over their hearts

Representative Ben Reifel greets National GOP Chairman Bill Miller

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with an unknown man

Representative Ben Reifel feeding an elephant peanuts

Representative Ben Reifel feeding an elephant peanuts

Representative Ben Reifel is with four other men, Reifel and another man are holding sugar beets

Representative Ben Reifel discussing issues with a group at a conference table

Representative Ben Reifel discuses the food and agriculture program for the 1960s with another man who is holding a book on the topic written by the US Department of Agriculture

Representative Ben Reifel (center) presents Wilma L. Victor with the Achievement Award of the Indian Council Fire Achievement Award, Inc. Looking on are Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce (left) and Marion Gridley (right), editor of the Amerindian, Chicago, Illinois. The award was made in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel attends Shriner's Day at South Dakota State University. Reifel is hugging a woman and giving her flowers. University president Hilton M. Briggs stands to the left

Representative Ben Reifel and another man walk at a memorial carrying a wreath during a Veterans of Foreign Wars event

Representative Ben Reifel with three West Point graduates at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Representative Ben Reifel standing in the grass with four other men at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, there is a crowd of people behind them

Representative Ben Reifel and other during a ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York

Representative Ben Reifel with a group at the Rice-Pasture Experiment Station in Beaumont, Texas in 1961

Representative Ben Reifel with others at the Puerto Rican Cherry Blossom reception in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with Margaret Ward, Yankton, South Dakota and Sheldon Ward, Pottersville, New York at the dedication of the Joseph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with a group of other politicians at the Inter-American Defense College located on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel talking with three men at the Inter-American Defense College located on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.