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Thomas Warren Bennett (1831-1893) —
Born in Union
County, Ind., February
16, 1831.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-61, 1865-67; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; mayor
of Richmond, Ind., 1869-71, 1877-83, 1885-87; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1871-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1875-76.
Methodist. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., February
2, 1893 (age 61 years, 352
days).
Interment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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Walter Smith Bruce (1865-1935) —
also known as Walter S. Bruce —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
28, 1865.
Banker;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Boise,
Idaho, 1891-1907.
Methodist.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, November
15, 1935 (age 70 years, 232
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of James Henderson Bruce and Sarah Louise (Cookingham)
Bruce. |
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Barzilla Worth Clark (1880-1943) —
also known as Barzilla W. Clark —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Hadley, Hendricks
County, Ind., December
22, 1880.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1913-15, 1926-36; Governor of
Idaho, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, September
21, 1943 (age 62 years, 273
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Larry Edwin Craig (b. 1945) —
also known as Larry Craig —
of Midvale, Washington
County, Idaho; Payette, Payette
County, Idaho.
Born in Council, Adams
County, Idaho, July 20,
1945.
Republican. Member of Idaho
state senate, 1975-81; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1981-91; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1991-2009.
Methodist. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Arrested
for soliciting
sex in a men's bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport, June 11, 2007; charged
with disorderly conduct; pleaded
guilty, and was fined.
Still living as of 2014.
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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; defeated, 1916; 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, Boise, Idaho.
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Edson Hart Deal (1903-1967) —
also known as Edson H. Deal —
of Nampa, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Weiser, Washington
County, Idaho, November
11, 1903.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Idaho
state senate, 1941-50; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1944;
Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1951-55; secretary
of state of Idaho, 1967; died in office 1967.
Methodist. Member, Grange;
Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died April
22, 1967 (age 63 years, 162
days).
Interment at Kohlerlawn
Cemetery, Nampa, Idaho.
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Albertus LeRoy Freehafer (1868-1940) —
also known as A. L. Freehafer —
of Idaho.
Born in Butler, Richland
County, Ohio, February
12, 1868.
Democrat. Member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1906; member of Idaho
state senate, 1908; candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Idaho, 1936.
Methodist. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Payette, Payette
County, Idaho, October
28, 1940 (age 72 years, 259
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.
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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.
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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.
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, Boise, Idaho.
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Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (b. 1951) —
also known as Dirk Kempthorne —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
29, 1951.
Republican. Mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1986-93; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Idaho, 1988;
U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1993-99; Governor of
Idaho, 1999-2006; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 2006-09.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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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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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.
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Warren Truitt (1849-1935) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Fayette, Greene
County, Ill., 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska,
1892-96; member of Idaho
state senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1908;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914.
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1935
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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