COMPOUND OBJECT (17 Items)
Politics - Direct Election of Senators, 1910-1913 Item Info
- Title:
- Politics - Direct Election of Senators, 1910-1913
- Creator:
- Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1910 - 1913
- 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 -- United States Members of Congress (United States Senate) Idaho--Politics and government--20th century
- Source:
- MG 10, Box 2, Scrapbook 50 (P)
- Source Identifier:
- SB50
- Type:
- Text
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Politics - Direct Election of Senators, 1910-1913", Senator William Edgar Borah Scrapbooks, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/borah/items/sb50.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Digital image copyright 2009. The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this item may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.