Robert Ailshie
Appearance
Robert Ailshie | |
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20th Attorney General of Idaho | |
In office January 6 – November 16, 1947 | |
Preceded by | Frank Langley |
Succeeded by | Robert E. Smylie |
Personal details | |
Born | February 16, 1908 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Died | November 16, 1947 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | (aged 39)
Resting place | Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho |
Political party | Republican |
Relations | James F. Ailshie (father) |
Education | Coeur d'Alene High School University of Idaho Harvard Law School |
Robert Ailshie (February 16, 1908 – November 16, 1947)[1] was an American attorney and politician from Idaho who served as the state's 20th attorney general for less than eleven months in 1947.[2][3] His father, James Ailshie (1868–1947), was a justice on the Idaho Supreme Court for 24 years, with several stints as chief justice.[4]
Elected attorney general in November 1946,[5][6] Ailshie died at age 39 of a heart attack at home; his mother had died a week earlier and his father less than six months prior.[7][8] His brother James, Jr. (1900–1938), a former U.S. attorney, also died of a heart attack in his late thirties, nearly a decade earlier.[9]
References
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: Lawyer Politicians in Idaho". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Cox, Thomas R. (2011-04-21). The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80066-0.
- ^ General, Idaho Office of the Attorney (1945). Attorney General's Biennial Report.
- ^ "Idaho Attorney-General Robert Ailshie Succumbs". Idaho Statesman. (Boise). November 17, 1947. p. 1.
- ^ "GOP nears House control in landslide". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 6, 1946. p. 1.
- ^ "Idaho GOP landslide like Democrat in '32". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 7, 1946. p. 1.
- ^ "Attorney General Robert Ailshie dead of heart attack at home". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1947.
- ^ "Robert Ailshie taken by death". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 17, 1947. p. 1.
- ^ "James Ailshie, Jr., summoned by death". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 11, 1938. p. 2.