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Albertson, Joseph A. b. October 17, 1906 d. January 20, 1993
Businessman. He founded of Albertson's Supermarkets as a grocery store in Boise, idaho, and guided it as it grew to a chain of over 600 stores.
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot: Section Q, Lot 149, Grave 1
Alexander, Moses b. November 13, 1853 d. January 4, 1932
Idaho Governor. He served as Governor of Idaho from 1915 to 1919. When he was elected in 1914, he became the first Jewish governor in the United States. He went on to earn a reputation for wit, eloquence, and progressiveness. He was elected Governor of Idaho twice, and also elected Mayor of Boise, Idaho twice. As governor, he started the state highway system, workers' compensation and the State Insurance Commission. He led the way for statewide prohibition in 1916. (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot: Beth Israel Section 5-5
Borah, William Edgar b. June 29, 1865 d. January 19, 1940
Isolationist Senator from Idaho. Senator Borah was elected to 6 terms in the U.S. Senate and died of a stroke while still in office. One of only 16 'progressives' in the Senate at the time of his death, he was a noted 'Isolationist'. Offered the Vice-Presidential nomination by Calvin Coolidge, he declined. Senator Borah lost his own bid for the the Republican Presidential nomination in 1936 with newspaperman Frank Gannette as his running mate. Dem. F.D.R. was eventually elected President. (Bio by: Christopher Carlton)
Cause of death: stroke
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Budge, Hamer Harold b. November 21, 1910 d. July 25, 2003
US Congressman. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. Elected to represent Idaho's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1951 to 1961. Also served as a Member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1939 to 1942, and again in 1949. In 1963 he was given a seat by President Lyndon B. Johnson on the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served until 1969. In 1969 he then became Chairman of the Securites and Exchange Commission and...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Chambers, Cliff b. January 10, 1922 d. January 21, 2012
Major League Baseball Player. For six seasons (1948 to 1953), he was a left-handed pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. Born Clifford Day Chambers, he was raised in Washington where he attended Bellingham High School and played collegiate baseball at Washington State University, while attaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. Signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs in 1942, his career yielded to his service with the US Air Force...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Church, Frank b. July 25, 1924 d. April 7, 1984
Senator and former head of the foreign relations committee. Responsible for the legislation that returned the Panama Canal. Democratic Presidential candidate in 1976 against Jimmy Carter. Buried close to his boyhood hero, Sen. William Borah. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1957 at the age of 32, he was one of the youngest ever to take a seat in the U.S. Senate. First and only office he was ever elected to, he served 4 terms in a Republican State that had never re-elected a Democrat. 'The River of...[Read More] (Bio by: Christopher Carlton)
Cause of death: cancer
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Davis, David W. b. April 23, 1873 d. August 3, 1959
Governor of Idaho, 1919-1923. Banker, American Falls, ID. Elected to state legislature 1912. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1923. Commissioner of reclamation and director of finance, Department of the Interior, 1924-1932. Republican. (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Freeman, Capt. Ed W. b. November 20, 1927 d. August 20, 2008
Viet Nam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Master Sergeant during the Korean War and was given a battlefield commission during the battle of Pork Chop Hill. At that point in his career his dream was to attend flight school. However, because of his six foot four stature he was considered too tall. In 1955 the height limit was raised allowing Freeman to enroll fulfilling a lifelong dream. The nickname "Too Tall" stuck with him throughout his military career. It would be...[Read More] (Bio by: Alice Practice)
Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot: Site #12-J-155
French, John Robert b. May 28, 1819 d. October 2, 1890
Member of North Carolina state legislature, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-1869.
In 1869 he was elected Sergeant-At-Arms of the U.S. Senate, a position he held for 10 years.
Later in his life he moved to Boise, Idaho where he was the editor of the Boise Statesman and Daily Sun newspapers.

Pioneer Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Green, John b. November 20, 1825 d. November 22, 1908
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Wars with the Plains Indians as Major of the 1st United States Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the Lava Beds, California, on January, 17 1873. His citation reads "In order to reassure his command, this officer, in the most fearless manner and exposed to very great danger, walked in front of the line; the command thus encouraged, advanced over the lava upon the Indians who were concealed among the rocks"...[Read More] (Bio by: Gayle Alvarez)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot: Grave 1, Lot 105, Block E {Mauso
Gunn, James b. March 6, 1843 d. 1911
US Congressman. As a boy his family emigrated from Ireland to America settling in Wisconsin. He attended public schools as a child before attending Notre Dame Academy in Indiana. Later he taught school until the Civil War called him to serve his country. In 1862 he joined the 27th Wisconsin Infantry and served with the Union Army until the end of the war. He reached the rank of captain. After the war he moved west living in Colorado, Nevada and California before settling in Hailey, Idaho in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Hailey, John M b. August 29, 1835 d. April 10, 1921
Politician. Served as a Delegate to the United States Congress from Idaho Territory (1873-1875, 1885-1887). He was defeated in 1886. Also served as a Member of the Idaho Territorial Council in 1880. Operated a successful stage line and served as warden of the Idaho State Penitentiary. (Bio by: Find A Grave)
Pioneer Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Haines, John Michiner b. January 1, 1863 d. June 4, 1917
US Mayor, US Governor. Haines served as the Mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1907 to 1909, and Governor of Idaho from 1913 to 1915. (Bio by: K)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Hawley, James Henry b. January 17, 1847 d. August 3, 1929
Idaho Governor, Boise Mayor. Reaching Idaho in 1862 s a 15 year old miner seeking to make his fortune in the gold rush, he went on to become the state's most prominent lawyer and had a reputation to have tried more murder cases than any attorney in the country. He was mayor of Boise, Governor of Idaho, and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate. His administration as Governor from 1911 until 1913 established highway districts, the state Board of Education, and a banking law. (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot: St. John's Section 4-324
Hochstrasser, Gilbert 'Gib' b. April 10, 1927 d. November 2, 1999
"Gib" Hochstrasser formed the Northwest's premier big dance band, "Kings of Swing" in 1974. They played in Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, and most major locations in Idaho. They were participants in the Sun Valley "Swing 'n Dixie" Jazz Jamboree, and played at the Idaho Governor's Innaugural Ball since 1982.
Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Hunt, Frank Williams b. December 16, 1863 d. November 25, 1906
Idaho Governor. The first Governor of Idaho to come in to office as a Democrat, he was born in Kentucky, and later moved to Gibbonsville, Idaho, where he worked as a miner. He served in the Spanish-American War, being chosen to be a Captain of a regiment of Idaho volunteer soldiers. He was elected to the Idaho Legislature in 1892 and nine years later he was elected governor. He replaced Frank Steunenberg who was assassinated four years after he left office. During Hunt's administration (January...[Read More] (Bio by: J. Moore)
Pioneer Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Jordan, Leonard Beck b. May 5, 1899 d. June 30, 1983
Republican Senator from Idaho. He was appointed to the US Senate in 1962 upon the death of Henry C. Dworshak and served until 1973. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Kelly, Milton b. September 9, 1818 d. April 9, 1892
Politician. Served as a Member of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives from 1863-1864 and was Justice of of Idaho Teritorial Supreme Court from 1865-1870. (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Pioneer Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Miller, Bert Henry b. December 15, 1879 d. October 8, 1949
US Senator. Served as a State Court Judge and United States Senator from Idaho in 1949. (Bio by: K)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Morrison, John Tracy b. December 25, 1860 d. December 20, 1915
Idaho Governor. Morrison attended Wooster University in Ohio and law school at New York's Cornell University. On moving to Idaho, he established a legal practice in Canyon County and became involved in state politics with unsuccessful attempts for a seat in the legislature. In 1902 he was elected on the Republican ticket as the sixth Governor of Idaho, serving from 1903 to 1905. He failed in his 1904 re-election campaign and resumed his legal practice until his death. (Bio by: Dr. Bob Schneider)
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA

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