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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Mining in Idaho</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Ballantine (1840-1907)</b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Muldoon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-lived.html">Blaine County</a>, Idaho; Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-lived.html">Blaine County</a>, Idaho. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; <b>silver and lead mining business</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/ID.html">1904</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Bellevue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BN-died.html">Blaine County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-05.html">January 5, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms01421">Homewood Cemetery</a>, Pittsburgh, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/82409555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Carl E. Brown (b. 1878)</b> — of McCall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/VA-lived.html">Valley County</a>, Idaho. Born in Whitefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-born.html">Coos County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-10.html">September 10, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <b>mining business</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1930; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/ID.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/ID.html">1948</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/ID.html">Democratic National Committee from Idaho</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Warren G. Brown and Charlotte (Elliott) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-23.html">August 23, 1902</a>, to Ida Harrington.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Donald A. Callahan (b. 1876)</b> — of Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-lived.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Wallace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-lived.html">Shoshone County</a>, Idaho. Born in Galena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JD-born.html">Jo Daviess County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/09-08.html">September 8, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/sthse.html">Idaho state house of representatives</a>, 1921-23; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1923-33; president, Callahan Consolidated <b>Mines</b>, 1937; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1938; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/ID.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Callahan and Mary Jennings (Rowe) Callahan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/05-10.html">May 10, 1905</a>, to Agnes Kelly.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Albert Coughanour (1851-1936)</b> — also known as <b>W. A. Coughanour</b> — of Payette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/PA-lived.html">Payette County</a>, Idaho. Born in Belle Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/03-12.html">March 12, 1851</a>. Democrat. <b>Mine owner</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber mill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">grower</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/payette.html">mayor of Payette, Idaho</a>, 1897-99, 1900-01, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/ID.html">1916</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Payette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/PA-died.html">Payette County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/01-04.html">January 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/PA-buried.html#cms04789">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Payette, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-08.html">March 8, 1874</a>, to Galena Bunting.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17504135">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history-timeline/mayors/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/614/80.38.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Ern G. Eagleson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ernest George Eagleson (1864-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Ern G. Eagleson</b> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-13.html">January 13, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a> and <b>mining</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">City Engineer</a> of Boise, 1893-97, 1899-1901, 1911-12; U.S. Surveyor-General for Idaho, 1902-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1919-21, 1925-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-soc-civil-engrs.html">American Society of Civil Engineers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</a>. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/08-17.html">August 17, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms00524">Morris Hill Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew Hervey Eagleson and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-06.html">May 6, 1907</a>, to Viola Scully.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28416380">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> City of Boise</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Stanly Alexander Easton (b. 1873)</b> — also known as <b>Stanly A. Easton</b> — of Kellogg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-lived.html">Shoshone County</a>, Idaho; Coeur d'Alene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/KO-lived.html">Kootenai County</a>, Idaho. Born in Santa Cruz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-born.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-02.html">April 2, 1873</a>. Republican. <b>Mining business</b>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/ID.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/ID.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/ID.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/ID.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/ID.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/ID.html">1944</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-15.html">November 15, 1906</a>, to Estell Greenough.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Robert Gooding (1859-1928)</b> — also known as <b>Frank R. Gooding</b> — of Shoshone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/LI-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, Idaho; Gooding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GO-lived.html">Gooding County</a>, Idaho. Born in Tiverton, Devon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/09-16.html">September 16, 1859</a>. Republican. <b>Mining contractor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/stsen.html">Idaho state senate</a>, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/ID.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/ID.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/ID.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1905-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1921-28; defeated, 1918; died in office 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Gooding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GO-died.html">Gooding County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-24.html">June 24, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GO-buried.html#cms01409">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Gooding, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/GO.html">Gooding County, Idaho</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000288">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404649">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-robert-gooding/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank R. Gooding">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7856257">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history-timeline/mayors/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/238/51.99.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="James H. Hawley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Henry Hawley (1847-1929)</b> — also known as <b>James H. Hawley</b> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/01-17.html">January 17, 1847</a>. Democrat. <b>Miner</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trhs.html">Idaho territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1870-71; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/trsn.html">Idaho territorial senate</a>, 1874-75; District Attorney 2nd District, 1879-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Idaho</a>, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/ID.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/ID.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/ID.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/ID.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/ID.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1911-13; defeated, 1912; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1914; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/index.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-03.html">August 3, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms00524">Morris Hill Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Hawley and Annie (Carr) Hawley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-04.html">July 4, 1875</a>, to Mary E. Bullock; father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atkinson.html#054.18.45">Reilly Atkinson Sr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12435.html">Atkinson-Hawley family</a> of Detroit, Michigan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-h-hawley/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James H. Hawley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7255776">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> City of Boise</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ErhCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA7"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/229/86.55.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Timothy Regan"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Timothy Morgan Regan (1843-1919)</b> — also known as <b>Timothy Regan</b> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born near Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/11-14.html">November 14, 1843</a>. Democrat. <b>Mining business</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumberman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel proprietor</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/ID.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/ID.html">1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-07.html">October 7, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-buried.html#cms00524">Morris Hill Cemetery</a>, Boise, Idaho. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Morgan Regan and Mary (Burke) Regan; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/">1878</a> to Rose Charlotte Blackinger; father of Lt. John M. Regan.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43848559">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> History of Idaho (1920)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948)</b> — also known as <b>H. F. Samuels</b> — of Wallace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-lived.html">Shoshone County</a>, Idaho. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/04-04.html">April 4, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/SH-officials.html">Shoshone County Attorney</a>, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver <b>mining</b> in Idaho; built the Samuels <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a> in 1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1918 (Democratic), 1922 (Progressive), 1924 (Progressive); Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Idaho</a>, 1926. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/index.html">1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CA-buried.html#cms07344">Sequim View Cemetery</a>, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Floyd Samuels and Isabelle (Jenkins) Samuels; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-25.html">December 25, 1892</a>, to Iona Snyder; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-27.html">February 27, 1905</a>, to Ada Marie Jenkins; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html#228.28.15">Henry Jenkins</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H. F. Samuels">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/history-timeline/mayors/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/874/20.02.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Peter Sonna"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Peter Sonna (b. 1835)</b> — of Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/index.html">1835</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware business</a>; <b>mining supplies dealer</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/boise.html">mayor of Boise, Idaho</a>, 1893-95. 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