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Politics, January - May 1907 Item Info
- Title:
- Politics, January - May 1907
- Creator:
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940
- Date Created (Archival Standard):
- 1907-01 - 1907-05
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1907
- Description:
- William Edgar Borah, Republican Senator from Idaho. He first became a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1903, but was defeated by Weldon Heyburn. He was elected in 1907 and served in that body until his death in 1940. In 1924 he became chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; he also served on the Judiciary Committee. He was often mentioned as a presidential candidate, but not until 1936 did he actually enter any primaries; his defeat at the convention by Alf Landon was not unexpected. Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and some letters about Senator Borah; also photographs of Borah and recordings of four of his speeches.
- Subjects:
- legislators members of Congress Idaho politics
- Source:
- William Edgar Borah Scrapbooks, 1903-1947, MG 10, Box 2, Scrapbook 43, https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv30443
- Source Identifier:
- SB43
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Politics, January - May 1907", Senator William Edgar Borah Scrapbooks, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/borah/items/sb43.html
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