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James Franklin Ailshie (1868-1947) —
also known as James F. Ailshie —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., June 19,
1868.
Son of George Washington Ailshie (1846-1925) and Martha (Knight)
Ailshie (1848-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1900,
1916,
1932;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1903-14, 1935-47; resigned 1914;
died in office 1947; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1907-09, 1913-15, 1939-41,
1945-46; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1925.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died May 27,
1947 (age 78 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cloverdale Memorial Park.
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Leonard Beck Jordan (1899-1983) —
also known as Len B. Jordan —
of Idaho.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete
County, Utah, May 15,
1899.
Son of Leonard Eugene Jordan (1874-1948) and Irene (Beck) Jordan
(1874-1949).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Idaho state legislature, 1947; Governor of
Idaho, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died June 30,
1983 (age 84 years, 46
days).
Interment at Cloverdale Memorial Park.
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David William Davis (1873-1959) —
also known as D. W. Davis —
of American Falls, Power
County, Idaho; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Wales,
April
23, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1912-14; Governor of
Idaho, 1919-23; Commissioner of Reclamation and Director of
Finance, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1924-32.
Methodist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August 5,
1959 (age 86 years, 104
days).
Interment at Cloverdale Memorial Park.
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Hamer Harold Budge (1910-2003) —
also known as Hamer Budge —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho, November
21, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1949; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1951-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee); district judge in Idaho 3rd District, 1961-64; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1964-71; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1969-71.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Eagles; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 22,
2003 (age 92 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cloverdale Memorial Park.
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Bertram Stetson Varian (1872-1963) —
also known as Bertram S. Varian —
Born in Unionville, Pershing
County, Nev., May 12,
1872.
Son of Charles
Stetson Varian and Florence (Guthrie) Varian.
Justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1929-33; appointed 1929.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, June 8,
1963 (age 91 years, 27
days).
Interment at Cloverdale Memorial Park.
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William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) —
also known as William E. Borah; "The Lion of
Idaho" —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., June 29,
1865.
Son of William N. Borah and Eliza Borah.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1907-40; died in office 1940; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1908-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1940 (age 74 years, 204
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Frank Forrester Church (1924-1984) —
also known as Frank Church; "Senator Sunday
School"; "Frank Cathedral" —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, July 25,
1924.
Son of Frank Forrester Church and Laura (Bilderback) Church.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1960;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Member, American
Legion; United
World Federalists.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 7,
1984 (age 59 years, 257
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Bert Henry Miller (1879-1949) —
also known as Bert H. Miller —
of St. Anthony, Fremont
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, December
15, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1912
(speaker);
Fremont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-14; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1914, 1938; Idaho
state attorney general, 1933-37, 1941-45; candidate in primary
for Governor of
Idaho, 1936; justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1945-48; resigned 1948; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1949; died in office 1949.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
8, 1949 (age 69 years, 297
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Moses Alexander (1853-1932) —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Obrigheim, Bavaria, Germany,
November
13, 1853.
Son of Nathan Alexander and Emma Alexander.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1887; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1897-99, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Idaho, 1915-19; defeated, 1908, 1922.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
4, 1932 (age 78 years, 52
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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James Henry Hawley (1847-1929) —
also known as James H. Hawley —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
17, 1847.
Son of Thomas Hawley and Annie (Carr) Hawley.
Democrat. Miner; lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1870-71; member of Idaho
territorial senate, 1874-75; District Attorney 2nd District,
1879-83; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1903-05; Governor of
Idaho, 1911-13; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1920.
Catholic.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August 3,
1929 (age 82 years, 198
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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John Tracy Morrison (1860-1915) —
also known as John T. Morrison —
of Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Jefferson
County, Pa., December
25, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Idaho, 1903-05.
Died December
20, 1915 (age 54 years, 360
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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John Michiner Haines (1863-1917) —
also known as John M. Haines —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Jasper
County, Iowa, January
1, 1863.
Republican. Mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1907-09; Governor of
Idaho, 1913-15.
Quaker.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, June 4,
1917 (age 54 years, 154
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Edgar Wilson (1861-1915) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1861.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Idaho at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901.
Died in 1915
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Austin A. Walker (1883-1945) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in 1883.
Mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Died October
31, 1945 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Dow Dunning (1858-1936) —
of Idaho.
Born in Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich., October
8, 1858.
Member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1909-11; member of Idaho
state senate, 1913; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1922.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, March 6,
1936 (age 77 years, 150
days).
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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Charles F. Koelsch —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1916.
Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery.
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George Laird Shoup (1836-1904) —
also known as George L. Shoup —
of Lemhi
County, Idaho; Salmon, Lemhi
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., June 15,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
delegate
to Colorado state constitutional convention, 1864; Lemhi
County Treasurer; member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1874; member
Idaho territorial council, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880;
member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho Territory, 1880-84, 1888-90; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1889-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Idaho, 1890-92, 1896; Governor of
Idaho, 1890; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1890-1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, December
21, 1904 (age 68 years, 189
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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Edward Augustus Stevenson (1831-1895) —
also known as Edward A. Stevenson —
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., June 15,
1831.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1854-56, 1860-61 (18th District 1854-56, 13th
District 1860-61); Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1860; member
Idaho territorial council, 1866-68, 1876-78; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1885-89; appointed 1885; candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1894.
Died in Paraiso Springs, Monterey
County, Calif., July 6,
1895 (age 64 years, 21
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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Robert Eben Smylie (1914-2004) —
also known as Robert E. Smylie —
of Idaho.
Born October
31, 1914.
Son of Lorne F. Smylie and Ida May (Stevens) Smylie.
Republican. Idaho
state attorney general, 1947-55; appointed 1947; Governor of
Idaho, 1955-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Idaho, 1960
(speaker).
Died July 17,
2004 (age 89 years, 260
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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Frank Williams Hunt (1861-1906) —
also known as Frank W. Hunt —
of Lemhi
County, Idaho.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., December
16, 1861.
Son of Thomas B. Hunt and Eugenia A. Hunt.
Democrat. Member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1892; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Idaho, 1901-03; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1904.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, November
25, 1906 (age 44 years, 344
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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Milton Kelly (1818-1892) —
of Idaho.
Born in Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
9, 1818.
Member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1863-64; justice of
Idaho territorial supreme court, 1865-70; newspaper
editor and publisher.
Died April 9,
1892 (age 73 years, 213
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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John Hailey (1835-1921) —
of Idaho.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., August
29, 1835.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1873-75, 1885-87;
defeated, 1886; member
Idaho territorial council, 1880.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, April 10,
1921 (age 85 years, 224
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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John Lemp —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1875-76.
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery.
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