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William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history.
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often considered an isolationist, because he led the Irreconcilables, senators who would not accept the Treaty of ...
William Borah, left, served as Idaho’s longest serving U.S. senator from 1907 to 1940. In 1924, he had an affair with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the daughter of former U.S. President Theodore...
Jun 29, 2020 · William Borah, the Lion of Idaho, was born 155 years ago. Borah represented Idaho in the U.S. Senate for 33 years and was one of the best known orators of his time. Author: Kim Fields.
- Kim Fields
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Electoral history of William Edgar Borah, United States Senator from Idaho (1907–1940) Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1924–1933) Dean of the Senate (1933–1940) Candidate for 1936 Republican presidential nomination.
BORAH, WILLIAM. William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865–January 19, 1940) was a prominent Republican senator during the Great Depression. Known as the "Lion of Idaho," he defended Jeffersonian principles, upheld civil libertarian doctrines, espoused constitutionalism, and safeguarded the special interests of his home state.
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life.
