Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/H. F. Samuels

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Obscure perennial candidate fails WP:NPOL. KidAd • SPEAK 00:01, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:57, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:57, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Notable as a mining executive. Somebody wrote a book about him as a coal person rather than a politician: Barrett, Glen (1900). Idaho Coal: H.F. Samuels and the Teton Basin Mines. This talks about one of his companies: Commission, United States Interstate Commerce (1934). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. L.K. Strouse. Here and here he testifies before a congressional committee about his zinc mining company . This seems to show that he was a breeder of shorthorn cattle. More in the context of local history. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 14:52, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The gbook reference would have swung it for me, but it looks industry publication at 84 pages, more a booklet. The rest breeding, cattle, and testifying in congress are neither unique nor particularly uncommon. To me he looks like a local farmer, later coal miner and later who tried to become a politician and failed. The references don't support NPOL nor [{WP:BIO]]. scope_creep^Talk 15:47, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Although he didn't win anything, it's evident he was a major force in Idaho politics for approximately 15 years in the early 20th Century. Oh No! It's Faustus37! it is what it is - speak at the tone 03:39, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]