The Political Graveyard: Physician Politicians in Idaho

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Physician Politicians in Idaho
including Surgeons and Osteopaths

Horace P. Belknap (1890-1960) — of Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho. Born in Prineville, Crook County, Ore., January 29, 1890. Son of H. P. Belknap and Wilda (Ketchum) Belknap. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1940. Protestant. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; Rotary; Elks; Eagles; Freemasons. Died May 19, 1960 (age 70 years, 111 days). Interment at Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Idaho.

		Relatives: Married, January 23, 1918, to Gladys Andre.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Charles Armington Robins (1884-1970) — also known as Charles A. Robins — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Born in Defiance, Shelby County, Iowa, December 8, 1884. Republican. Physician; member of Idaho state senate, 1938-44; Governor of Idaho, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1948. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; American Medical Association; Phi Gamma Delta; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks; Eagles; Kiwanis. Died September 20, 1970 (age 85 years, 286 days). Interment at Lewis and Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho.

John Travers Wood (1878-1954) — of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Born in Wakefield, England, November 25, 1878. Republican. School teacher; physician; surgeon for Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, 1910-50; mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1951-53. Died in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho, November 2, 1954 (age 75 years, 342 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

D. K. Worden — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Physician; mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, 1953-59. Still living as of 1959.

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