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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Solomon L. Spink
|image       = Solomon L. Spink - Brady-Handy.jpg
|alt         = 
|state1      = [[Dakota Territory]]
|district1   = {{ushr|Dakota Territory|AL|at-large}}
|term_start1 = March 4, 1869
|term_end1   = March 3, 1871<br>(Delegate)
|predecessor1= [[Walter A. Burleigh]]
|successor1  = [[Moses K. Armstrong]]
|office2     = Member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]]
|term2       = 1864
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1831|03|20}}
|birth_place = [[Whitehall (village), New York|Whitehall]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1881|09|22|1831|03|20}}
|death_place = [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]], [[South Dakota]], U.S.
|party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|alma_mater  = Castleton (Vt.) Seminary
}}

'''Solomon Lewis Spink''' (March 20, 1831 – September 22, 1881)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000736|title=SPINK, Solomon Lewis - Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> was an American lawyer who served as a delegate for the [[Dakota Territory]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].

Solomon was born in [[Whitehall (village), New York|Whitehall]], [[Washington County, New York]], and was admitted to the bar in 1856, beginning practicing in [[Burlington, Iowa]].<ref name=":0" />  He moved to [[Paris, Illinois]] in 1860 and became the editor and publisher of the ''Prairie Beacon'' newspaper. Spink was a member of the Illinois state House of Representatives in 1864.

In 1865 Spink was appointed as secretary of the Dakota Territory and moved to [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]]. He served as secretary until 1869.  He was elected as a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] to be Dakota's non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress and served from March 4, 1869, until March 3, 1871. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 and returned to Yankton to practice law.  He ran again and was again unsuccessful in 1876.  He died in Yankton and is interred in the City Cemetery there.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

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