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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James P. Pope |
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, Idaho , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 31, 1884
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| Died | January 23, 1966
(81 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Wishful Thinking
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| Info | Senator from Idaho; born on a farm near Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, La., March 31, 1884; attended the common schools; graduated from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston, La., in 1906 and from the law department of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., in 1909; was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in Boise, Idaho; deputy collector of internal revenue 1916; city attorney of Boise 1916-1917; assistant attorney general of Idaho 1918-1919; member of the board of education of Boise 1924-1929; mayor of Boise 1929-1933, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1939; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938; appointed a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939-1951; associated with law firm in Knoxville, Tenn.; member of board of directors, Federal Savings & Loan Association, Knoxville, Tenn.; moved to Alexandria, Va., in 1963, where he resided until his death there on January 23, 1966; interment in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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