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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | William E. Borah |
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Boise, Idaho , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 29, 1865
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| Died | January 19, 1940
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jun 29, 2024 06:01pm |
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| Info | Senator from Idaho; born on a farm near Fairfield, Wayne County, Ill., June 29, 1865; attended the common schools of Wayne County and Southern Illinois Academy at Enfield; attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence until 1889; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in Lyons, Kans.; moved to Boise, Idaho, in 1891 and practiced law; unsuccessful candidate on the Silver Republican ticket for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as United States Senator in 1903
U.S. Senator (R-ID) 1907-1940 (died in office). Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth Congresses), chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (Sixty-eighth through Seventy-second Congresses)
Candidate for Republican nomination for US President, 1936. Overview of his campaign is posted here: [Link]
Died in Washington, D.C, on January 19, 1940; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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