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Farmer Politicians in Idaho
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  Philip Eugene Batt (b. 1927) — also known as Philip E. Batt; Phil Batt — of Canyon County, Idaho. Born in Wilder, Canyon County, Idaho, March 4, 1927. Republican. Farmer; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1965; member of Idaho state senate 13th District, 1977; Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1979-83; Governor of Idaho, 1995-99; candidate for Presidential Elector for Idaho. Still living as of 2014.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
Ezra Taft Benson Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) — Born in Whitney, Franklin County, Idaho, August 4, 1899. Farmer; agricultural extension agent; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61. Mormon. Member, Farm Bureau; Alpha Zeta; Kiwanis; Rotary. President of the Mormon Church 1985-94. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, May 29, 1994 (age 94 years, 298 days). Interment at Whitney Cemetery, Whitney, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of George Taft Benson and Sarah (Dunkley) Benson; married, September 10, 1926, to Flora Smith Amussen; distant relative *** of Robert Alphonso Taft, Robert Taft Jr. and Robert Alphonso Taft III.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
  Claude J. Burtenshaw (b. 1918) — of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho; Logan, Cache County, Utah. Born in Bonneville County, Idaho, February 24, 1918. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Idaho Democratic State Committee, 1948-50; candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1950; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1952; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1952; chair of Madison County Democratic Party, 1954; member of Idaho state senate, 1958-59; university professor; candidate for mayor of Logan, Utah, 1989. Mormon. Member, Kiwanis; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw; married, May 27, 1942, to Frances Davis.
  Dan J. Cavanagh (b. 1883) — of Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Mo., March 20, 1883. Democrat. Road contractor; rancher; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1944 (member, Credentials Committee), 1948, 1952; Idaho Democratic state chair, 1947-48; member of Democratic National Committee from Idaho, 1948-50. Catholic. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dan Cavanagh and Ann (Martin) Cavanagh; married, October 6, 1915, to Pearl Langford.
  James Edwin Cochran (1848-1919) — also known as James E. Cochran — of McCook, Red Willow County, Neb.; St. Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho; Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash. Born near Hillsboro, Lee County, Iowa, May 15, 1848. Farmer; school teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; district judge in Nebraska, 1887-92; appointed 1887; Fremont County Prosecuting Attorney. Died in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash., November 17, 1919 (age 71 years, 186 days). Interment at Ocean View Cemetery, Port Angeles, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh F. Cochran and Lucy (Hammond) Cochran; married, October 11, 1877, to Mary Louise Beecher.
  William Albert Coughanour (1851-1936) — also known as W. A. Coughanour — of Payette, Payette County, Idaho. Born in Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pa., March 12, 1851. Democrat. Mine owner; lumber mill business; rancher and fruit grower; member of Idaho state senate, 1896; mayor of Payette, Idaho, 1897-99, 1900-01, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1916. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Died in Payette, Payette County, Idaho, January 4, 1936 (age 84 years, 298 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.
  Relatives: Married, March 8, 1874, to Galena Bunting.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William H. Detweiler 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.
  Relatives: Son of David F. Detweiler and Marietta Kindig (Hunsberger) Detweiler; married, March 20, 1915, to Bessie C. Miller; married, November 19, 1919, to Gertrude E. Homan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News, June 27, 1965
  John Victor Evans (1925-2014) — also known as John V. Evans; Jack Evans — of Idaho. Born in Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho, January 18, 1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; rancher; member of Idaho state senate, 1953-58, 1969-74; Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1975-77; Governor of Idaho, 1977-87; candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1986. Died in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, July 8, 2014 (age 89 years, 171 days). Interment at Malad City Cemetery, Malad City, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of David L. Evans and Margaret (Thomas) Evans; married to Lola Daniels.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Robert Gooding (1859-1928) — also known as Frank R. Gooding — of Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho; Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho. Born in Tiverton, Devon, England, September 16, 1859. Republican. Mining contractor; farmer; member of Idaho state senate, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1904, 1924, 1928; Governor of Idaho, 1905-09; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1921-28; defeated, 1918; died in office 1928. Methodist. Died in Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, June 24, 1928 (age 68 years, 282 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
  Gooding County, Idaho is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Marcel Etienne Malige (b. 1900) — also known as Marcel E. Malige — of Lapwai, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Born in Lapwai, Nez Perce County, Idaho, July 5, 1900. Farm worker; musician; movie projectionist; U.S. Vice Consul in Victoria, 1922; Nantes, 1922-25; Paris, 1925-26; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1926-28; Glasgow, 1928-32; Warsaw, as of 1934-38; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1940; U.S. Consul General in Martinique, as of 1943; Marseille, as of 1949. Burial location unknown.
  Marvin Thomas Richardson (b. 1941) — also known as Marvin Pro-Life Richardson; "Pro-Life" — of Letha, Gem County, Idaho. Born in Carbon County, Wyo., August 5, 1941. Strawberry farmer; candidate for Idaho state house of representatives, 2004; candidate for Governor of Idaho, 2006 (Constitution), 2010, 2014; candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 2008, 2016 (Constitution primary); candidate for U.S. Representative from Idaho, 2012 (1st District), 2018 (Constitution, 1st District), 2020 (Constitution, 2nd District). Still living as of 2020.
  See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  James E. Risch (b. 1943) — also known as Jim Risch — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., May 3, 1943. Republican. Rancher; lawyer; Ada County Prosecuting Attorney, 1970-74; member of Idaho state senate, 1975-89, 1995-2003; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1988, 2004, 2008 (delegation chair); Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 2003-06, 2007-09; Governor of Idaho, 2006; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 2009-. Member, American Bar Association; National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Charles Ben Ross (1876-1946) — also known as C. Ben Ross — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Parma, Canyon County, Idaho, December 27, 1876. Democrat. Farmer; mayor of Pocatello, Idaho, 1922-30; Governor of Idaho, 1931-37; defeated, 1928; candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1936. Congregationalist. Member, Farm Bureau; Elks; Eagles; Rotary; Kiwanis. Died in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, March 31, 1946 (age 69 years, 94 days). Interment at Parma Cemetery, Parma, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of John M. Ross and Jeannette (Hadley) Ross; married to Edna May Reavis.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Carfield Sanborn (1885-1968) — also known as John C. Sanborn — of Hagerman, Gooding County, Idaho. Born in Chenoa, McLean County, Ill., September 28, 1885. Republican. Farmer; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1921-30; member of Idaho state senate, 1939-42; U.S. Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1947-51; candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1950, 1956; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1952; candidate for Presidential Elector for Idaho. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Shriners; Grange. Died in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, May 16, 1968 (age 82 years, 231 days). Interment at Hagerman Cemetery, Hagerman, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of Orville D. Sanborn and Frances (Carfield) Sanborn; married, November 6, 1912, to Jessie Margaret McNabb.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jerry Thomas Twiggs (1933-2000) — also known as Jerry Twiggs — of Idaho. Born in Thomas, Bingham County, Idaho, March 25, 1933. Farmer; member of Idaho state senate, 1985-2000; died in office 2000. Mormon. Member, Lions. Died of a heart attack while jogging, in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, January 10, 2000 (age 66 years, 291 days). Interment at Riverside-Thomas Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho.
  Harry Wall (b. 1903) — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Born in Bowerston, Harrison County, Ohio, September 1, 1903. Democrat. Farmer; cattleman; movie theater owner; member of Idaho state senate, 1945-50; candidate for U.S. Representative from Idaho, 1950; member of Democratic National Committee from Idaho, 1952-63. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Wall and Lulu (Seifried) Wall.
  Edgar Wilson (1861-1915) — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Born in Armstrong County, Pa., February 25, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; farmer; banker; delegate to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1890; Idaho Republican state chair, 1892; U.S. Representative from Idaho at-large, 1895-97, 1899-1901; candidate for justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1896. Died, from pneumonia, in a hotel room in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, January 3, 1915 (age 53 years, 312 days). Interment at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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