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John Gardner Adams (b. 1892) —
also known as J. G. Adams —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, April
14, 1892.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; mayor
of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1947-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gardner G. Adams and Mildred H. (Heaston) Adams; married, June 24,
1914, to Lexie Ross. |
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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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memorial |
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Reilly Atkinson Sr. (b. 1880) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
7, 1880.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1944;
Idaho
Republican state chair, 1945; candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Interment somewhere
in Boise, Idaho.
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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;
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.
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Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) —
Born in Whitney, Franklin
County, Idaho, August
4, 1899.
Republican. Farmer; agricultural
extension agent; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;
president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(Mormon), 1985-94.
Mormon.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Alpha
Zeta; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw; married, May 27,
1942, to Frances Davis. |
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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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Donald A. Callahan (b. 1876) —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., September
8, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Idaho
state senate, 1923-33; president, Callahan Consolidated Mines,
1937; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1938; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Callahan and Mary Jennings (Rowe) Callahan; married, May 10,
1905, to Agnes Kelly. |
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John Alfred Carver (b. 1896) —
also known as John A. Carver —
of Preston, Franklin
County, Idaho; Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Preston, Franklin
County, Idaho, March
14, 1896.
Lawyer;
Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1922-28; police judge in Idaho,
1929-33; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1933-53.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Parley P. Carver and Elizabeth Ann (Pritchett) Carver; married, July 25,
1917, to LaVerne Olson. |
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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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Oscar Willard Edmonds (b. 1890) —
also known as O. W. Edmonds —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Caledonia, Traill
County, N.Dak., February
4, 1890.
Republican. Abstract and
title business; mayor
of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1923-27, 1943-45.
Protestant.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Edmonds and Anna S. (Olson) Edmonds; married, June 21,
1911, to Kathryn M. Sturtevant. |
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Robert H. Elder (b. 1877) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., September
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1912-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward William Fanning (1889-1956) —
also known as E. W. Fanning —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, August
12, 1889.
Democrat. Mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1940-49, 1951-56; defeated, 1949; died in
office 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary; Elks.
Died, from pleurisy,
following lung
surgery, in Salt Lake L.D.S. Hospital,
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
29, 1956 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Donald Ray Foster (1937-2000) —
of Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Gooding, Gooding
County, Idaho, April
18, 1937.
Democrat. Delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1972; member of Montana
state senate, 1974-76.
Catholic.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Rotary.
Died, of hemochromatosis,
in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont., January
22, 2000 (age 62 years, 279
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Billings, Mont.
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Raymond Luelling Givens (b. 1884) —
also known as Raymond L. Givens —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., February
9, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Ada
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-17; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1919; district judge in Idaho 3rd
District, 1920-24; justice of
Idaho state supreme court, 1925-55; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1930-31.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Weeks Givens and Ellen Elizabeth (Luelling) Givens; married,
March
6, 1916, to Margaret A. O'Donnell. |
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Harry L. Harpster —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Mayor
of Burley, Idaho, 1927-31, 1937-39; defeated (People's), 1939.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry Hawley (1847-1929) —
also known as James H. Hawley —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, January
17, 1847.
Democrat. Miner; lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1870-71; member of Idaho
territorial senate, 1874-75; District Attorney 2nd District,
1879-83; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 1892,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1903-05; Governor of
Idaho, 1911-13; defeated, 1912; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914; candidate for Democratic nomination for
Vice President, 1920.
Catholic.
English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Elks;
Rotary.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, August
3, 1929 (age 82 years, 198
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Ronald G. Jacobson —
of Post Falls, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Mayor
of Post Falls, Idaho, 2014-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2024.
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Image source:
City of Post Falls |
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William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) —
also known as William M. Jardine —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Oneida
County, Idaho, January
16, 1879.
College
professor; agronomist;
president,
Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1930; Kansas
state treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Beta
Theta Pi; Alpha
Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Freemasons;
Rotary; American
Forestry Association; Farm
Bureau.
Died January
17, 1955 (age 76 years, 1
days).
Interment at Logan
City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.
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Leonard Beck Jordan (1899-1983) —
also known as Len B. Jordan —
of Boise, Ada
County, 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,
1968;
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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Jana M. Kemp (b. 1965) —
of Garden City, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1965.
Member of Idaho
state house of representatives; elected 2004; defeated
(Republican), 2006; Independent candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 2010.
Female.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Guy H. Martin (b. 1866) —
of Spencer, Clay
County, Iowa; Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho; Ancon, Canal Zone (now Panama).
Born in Lancaster, Keokuk
County, Iowa, August
31, 1866.
Lawyer;
Clay
County District Attorney, 1894-99; Progressive candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Canal Zone, 1923-24; U.S.
District Judge for Canal Zone, 1924-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward M. Martin and Eliza A. (Goss) Martin; married, June 9,
1904, to Alma L. Austin. |
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E. T. Peck —
of Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking
business; Bingham
County Coroner, 1915-16; mayor
of Blackfoot, Idaho, 1915-17, 1921-31; defeated, 1931.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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John Garis Robertson (1906-1983) —
also known as Garis Robertson —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., March 3,
1906.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Burley, Idaho, 1970-73.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho, March
16, 1983 (age 77 years, 13
days).
Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of William John Robertson and Anna Myrtle (Garis) Robetson; married
1934 to
Alice Josephine Clark; married, June 25,
1966, to Ann (Boerema) Huizinga. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Twin Falls (Idaho)
Times-News, October 2, 1969 |
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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.
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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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