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Teacher Politicians in Idaho
school teachers, principals, superintendents

  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.
  Relatives: Son of Jason Eugene Babcock and Bertha Rebecca (Peyton) Babcock.
  Terrel Howard Bell (1921-1996) — also known as Terrel H. Bell — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Lava Hot Springs, Bannock County, Idaho, November 11, 1921. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; school teacher; superintendent of schools; Utah superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; U.S. Secretary of Education, 1981-84. Mormon. Died of pulmonary fibrosis in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, June 22, 1996 (age 74 years, 224 days). Interment at Larkin Sunset Gardens, Sandy, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Willard Dewain Bell and Alta (Martin) Bell; married, August 1, 1957, to Betty Ruth Fitzgerald.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Roy L. Black (1878-1970) — of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho; Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Topeka, LaGrange County, Ind., September 26, 1878. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1911-12; Idaho state attorney general, 1919-23. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Died August 15, 1970 (age 91 years, 323 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Black and Dulcena (King) Black; married, December 20, 1911, to Stella Bartels.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Sandi Bloem — of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Born in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. School teacher; mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 2001-13. Female. Still living as of 2013.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Callahan and Mary Jennings (Rowe) Callahan; married, May 10, 1905, to Agnes Kelly.
  Parley Parker Christensen (b. 1869) — also known as Parley P. Christensen — of Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah; Salt Lake County, Utah; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Weston, Franklin County, Idaho, July 19, 1869. School principal; Tooele County Superintendent of Schools, 1892-95; Salt Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-06; member of Utah state house of representatives, 1910-12; Farmer-Labor candidate for President of the United States, 1920; Progressive candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1926. Unitarian. Member, Odd Fellows; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Christensen and Sophia M. Christensen.
  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.
  Charles Calvin Moore (1866-1958) — also known as C. C. Moore — of Fremont County, Idaho. Born in Holt County, Mo., February 26, 1866. Republican. School teacher; real estate business; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1903-07; Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, 1919-23; Governor of Idaho, 1923-27; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1924; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1929-33. Died in St. Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho, March 19, 1958 (age 92 years, 21 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lela D. Painter (d. 1952) — Born in Boise, Ada County, Idaho. Republican. School teacher; Canyon County Treasurer; Idaho state treasurer, 1947-52; died in office 1952. Female. Died March 11, 1952. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Glen Painter.
Eugene B. Sherman Eugene B. Sherman — of Nebraska; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; California. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lumber business; mayor of Boise, Idaho, 1921-25. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: City of Boise
  James Stoicheff (1927-1999) — also known as Jim Stoicheff — of Idaho. Born in Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pa., October 26, 1927. Democrat. School teacher; member of Idaho state senate, 1969-74; defeated, 1964; candidate for Idaho superintendent of schools, 1974; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1974-99; died in office 1999. Died, of heart failure, in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, December 18, 1999 (age 72 years, 53 days). Interment at Pinecrest Memorial Park, Sandpoint, Idaho.
  John W. Thomas (1874-1945) — also known as John Thomas — of Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho. Born in Phillips County, Kan., January 4, 1874. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1920 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1932, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944; member of Republican National Committee from Idaho, 1924-33; U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1928-33, 1940-45; defeated, 1932; died in office 1945. Died in Washington, D.C., November 10, 1945 (age 71 years, 310 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Idaho.
  Relatives: Father of Mary Elizabeth Thomas (who married Charles Wayland Brooks).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  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
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