Representative Roderick Dhu Sutherland

Roderick Dhu Sutherland served as a Representative from Nebraska in the United States Congress from 1897 to 1901. A member of the Populist Party, Roderick Dhu Sutherland contributed to the legislative process during 2 terms in office.

Roderick Dhu Sutherland’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Roderick Dhu Sutherland participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Roderick Dhu Sutherland (April 27, 1862 – October 18, 1915) was an American Populist Party politician. Sutherland was born in Scotch Grove, Iowa, and attended Amity College, in College Springs, Iowa. He taught school and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1888. He set up practice in Nelson, Nebraska, becoming the prosecuting attorney of Nuckolls County 1890 until 1896. Sutherland served as the chairman of the Populist state convention in Nebraska in 1899. He then was appointed by governor William A. Poynter as a delegate to the trust conference held in Chicago in September 1899. He was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901), but failed at being reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress in November 1900. He was a delegate to the Populist National Convention and a delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention and the 1908 Democratic National Convention. After his Congressional service, Sutherland resumed practice of law in Nelson, and died in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1915. His remains were interred in Nelson Cemetery, Nelson, Nebraska. He was married to Ana Marie Laramor.