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John Joseph Allen Jr. (1899-1995) —
also known as John J. Allen, Jr. —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; McCall, Valley
County, Idaho.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1947-59; defeated,
1958; Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, 1959-61; mayor
of McCall, Idaho, 1989-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis;
Native
Sons of the Golden West; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Cascade, Valley
County, Idaho, March 7,
1995 (age 95 years, 100
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at McCall Cemetery, McCall, Idaho.
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Wilford S. Anderson (1892-1964) —
also known as Andy Anderson —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Rexburg, Madison
County, Idaho, April
23, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; telephone
company manager; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1958.
Swedish
and Danish
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo., December
5, 1964 (age 72 years, 226
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Casper, Wyo.
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Relatives: Son
of Olaf Shenstrum Anderson and Marian (Bell) Anderson; married to
Dorothy E. Hughes. |
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Fred Jason Babcock (1891-1973) —
also known as Fred J. Babcock —
of Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho, August
15, 1891.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nez
Perce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-28; Idaho
state attorney general, 1931-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in March, 1973
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton)
Babcock. |
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John Matthew Barker (1916-1995) —
also known as John M. Barker —
of Buhl, Twin Falls
County, Idaho.
Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho, November
29, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Idaho
state senate 24th District, 1967-84.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary.
Died, of heart
failure, in Buhl, Twin Falls
County, Idaho, November
1, 1995 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at West
End Cemetery, Buhl, Idaho.
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Horace P. Belknap (1890-1960) —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Prineville, Crook
County, Ore., January
29, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
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.
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Francis Marion Bistline (1896-1969) —
also known as Francis M. Bistline; F. M.
Bistline —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ransom, Ness
County, Kan., March
25, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1941-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1944-48.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta.
While defending a client in a murder case, he suddenly collapsed and
died from a heart
attack, in the courtroom
at the Bingham County
Courthouse, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, January
20, 1969 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen (1891-1964) —
also known as C. A. Bottolfsen —
of Arco, Butte
County, Idaho.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., October
10, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1921-24, 1929-32, 1959-64; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1931; Idaho
Republican state chair, 1937-38; Governor of
Idaho, 1939-41, 1943-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1944.
Lutheran.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, July 18,
1964 (age 72 years, 282
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Arco, Idaho.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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David L. Bush (1897-1988) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Malad City, Oneida
County, Idaho, September
2, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1944-46.
Mormon.
Member, American Legion.
Died June 15,
1988 (age 90 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert T. Bush and Mary (Williams) Bush; married, March
30, 1921, to Lona Daniels. |
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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.
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, Boise, Idaho.
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William Hunsberger Detweiler (1893-1965) —
also known as William H. Detweiler; Bill
Detweiler —
of Hazelton, Jerome
County, Idaho.
Born in Souderton, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
1, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; sheep rancher;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1927-32; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1944; member of Idaho
state senate, 1951-54.
Member, Lions; Elks;
American Legion.
Died, from an aortic
aneurysm, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, June 25,
1965 (age 72 years, 175
days).
Interment at Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Idaho.
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George E. Donart (b. 1889) —
of Weiser, Washington
County, Idaho.
Born in Salubria (now part of Cambridge), Washington
County, Idaho, February
27, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; hardware
business; hotel
business; member of Idaho
state senate, 1933-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. E. Donart and Mary (Keenan) Donart; married, November
24, 1917, to Letha Bush. |
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Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) —
also known as Henry C. Dworshak —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
29, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in
office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,
1948,
1960.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1962 (age 67 years, 328
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abe McGregor Goff (1899-1984) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., December
21, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Latah
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-34; member of Idaho
state senate, 1941-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1958-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho, November
23, 1984 (age 84 years, 338
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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George Vernon Hansen (1930-2014) —
also known as George V. Hansen —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Tetonia, Teton
County, Idaho, September
14, 1930.
Republican. Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962 (primary), 1968, 1972 (primary); U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1965-69, 1975-85.
Mormon.
Member, American Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Convicted
in 1984 of failing to include four transactions on federal
disclosure forms; sentenced
to 15 months in prison
and fined
$40,000; reprimanded
by the U.S. House; his conviction was reversed in 1995.
Died in Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho, August
14, 2014 (age 83 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Ray Harding (1929-2006) —
also known as Ralph R. Harding —
of Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho.
Born in Malad City, Oneida
County, Idaho, September
9, 1929.
Democrat. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1961-65; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1966.
Mormon.
Member, American Legion; Lions.
Died, in Bingham Memorial Hospital,
Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, October
26, 2006 (age 77 years, 47
days).
Interment at Malad City Cemetery, Malad City, Idaho.
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James Albertus McClure (1924-2011) —
also known as James A. McClure —
of Payette, Payette
County, Idaho.
Born in Payette, Payette
County, Idaho, December
27, 1924.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1960-67; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1967-73; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1973-91; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Idaho.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died February
26, 2011 (age 86 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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 in Lewiston, Nez Perce
County, Idaho, September
20, 1970 (age 85 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lewis
and Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho.
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Don William Samuelson (1913-2000) —
also known as Don W. Samuelson —
of Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho.
Born in Woodhull, Henry
County, Ill., July 27,
1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; sporting
goods merchant; member of Idaho
state senate, 1960-66; Governor of
Idaho, 1967-71; defeated, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Elks; Kiwanis;
National
Rifle Association.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the Swedish Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
20, 2000 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pinecrest
Memorial Park, Sandpoint, Idaho.
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Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) —
also known as F. Grant Sawyer —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho, December
14, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Elko
County District Attorney, 1950-58; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
American Legion; Lions; Eagles.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., February
19, 1996 (age 77 years, 67
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Everett Bailey Taylor (1899-1990) —
also known as Everett B. Taylor —
of Sun Valley, Blaine
County, Idaho.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
21, 1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented Travelers' Insurance,
banks,
and the Union Pacific Railroad;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1956,
1960.
Member, American Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died March 2,
1990 (age 90 years, 132
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Taylor and Myrtle E. (Bailey) Taylor; married, September
14, 1931, to Dorice E. Neiman. |
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