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Physician Politicians in Idaho
including Surgeons and Osteopaths

John Thomas Ahlquist III (b. 1968) — also known as Tommy Ahlquist — Born in Hunter (now part of West Valley City), Salt Lake County, Utah, January 25, 1968. Republican. Physician; real estate developer; candidate for Governor of Idaho, 2018. Mormon. Still living as of 2018.   See also Wikipedia article   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; candidate for mayor of Nampa, Idaho, 1937; 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.   Relatives: Son of H. P. Belknap and Wilda (Ketchum) Belknap; married, January 23, 1918, to Gladys Andre.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Elmer Garfield Braddock (c.1881-1957) — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Born about 1881. Physician; surgeon; mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, 1924-30. Died in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, October 10, 1957 (age about 76 years). Burial location unknown.   Robert Newton Cummings (1874-1950) — also known as Robert N. Cummings — of Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. Born in Hindsville, Madison County, Ark., July 18, 1874. Physician; mayor of Emmett, Idaho, 1913-14; orchardist. Died in Emmett, Gem County, Idaho, April 12, 1950 (age 75 years, 268 days). Interment at Emmett Cemetery, Emmett, Idaho.   Relatives: Married 1906 to Harriet Alexandra 'Hattie' Reynolds; married to Wilhelmina Katherine 'Minnie' Rekow.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Harlo Beck Rigby (1893-1963) — also known as Harlo B. Rigby — of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho. Born in Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, January 1, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician; mayor of Rexburg, Idaho, 1935-37; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1940. Died, from acute coronary thrombosis, in Nye General Hospital, Tonopah, Nye County, Nev., January 28, 1963 (age 70 years, 27 days). Interment at Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Eckersley Rigby and Mary Elizabeth (Beck) Rigby; married 1922 to Elsie Momberger.   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 in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, September 20, 1970 (age 85 years, 286 days). Interment at Lewis and Clark Memorial Gardens, Lewiston, Idaho.   Relatives: Son of Charles M. Robins and Rebecca J. Robins; married 1919 to Marguerite Granberry; married 1939 to Olive Patricia Simpson.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950) Ephraim Smith — of Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Physician; druggist; mayor of Boise, Idaho, 1866-67. Burial location unknown.   Image source: City of Boise   Henry W. Stainton (1831-1890) — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Born in Dawlish, Devon, England, July 29, 1831. Physician; mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, 1874. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, November 7, 1890 (age 59 years, 101 days). Interment at Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho.   Relatives: Grandfather of Robert Dwight Leeper.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Oscar Baker Steely (1862-1920) — also known as Oscar B. Steely — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Belleville, Mifflin County, Pa., August 22, 1862. Republican. Physician; mayor of Pocatello, Idaho, 1902-03. Died, from heart disease, in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, June 27, 1920 (age 57 years, 310 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.   Relatives: Son of William Steely and Sarah J. (Baker) Steely; married, December 31, 1900, to Beatrice Hobart Smith.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Travers Wood (1878-1954) — also known as John T. Wood — of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, November 25, 1878. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; school teacher; physician; surgeon for Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, 1910-50; mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1911-13; 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   Ira Richard Woodward (1874-1954) — also known as I. R. Woodward — of Payette, Payette County, Idaho. Born in Wisconsin, May 17, 1874. Physician; mayor of Payette, Idaho, 1917-33, 1935-41; defeated, 1933, 1941. Died in Payette, Payette County, Idaho, May 28, 1954 (age 80 years, 11 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.   Relatives: Married to Anna Josephine Hastings.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   D. K. Worden — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Physician; mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, 1952-59. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

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