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The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Idaho :
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic–Populist fusion (D/P), Democratic–Populist–Silver Republican fusion , (D/P/SR), Democratic–Silver Republican fusion (D/SR), Independent (I), Populist (P), Socialist (S), Silver Republican (SR), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials .
Year
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
Electoral College votes
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Sec. of State
Atty. Gen.
Auditor/Controller
Treasurer
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
Insp. Mines
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House District 1
U.S. House District 2
1863
William H. Wallace (R)[ 2]
no such office
William B. Daniels [ 3]
no such office
John M. Bacon
Derrick S. Kenyon
no such office
no such office
no such bodies
no such offices
no such office
no electoral votes
1864
Caleb Lyon [ 2]
C. DeWitt Smith [ 3]
Benjamin F. Lamkin
Ephraim Smith
J. R. Chittenden
William H. Wallace (R)[ 4]
1865
Horace G. Gilson [ 3]
Edward Dexter Holbrook (D)[ 4]
1866
David W. Ballard [ 5]
S.R. Howlett [ 3]
W. R. Bishop
1867
Horace B. Lane
Edward C. Sterling
Jacob K. Shafer (D)[ 4]
William R. Bishop
1868
Daniel Cram
1869
Edward J. Curtis [ 3]
1870
Samuel Bard [ 6]
Gilman Marston [ 6]
1871
Alexander H. Conner [ 6]
John S. Gray
Samuel Augustus Merritt (D)[ 4]
Thomas M. Bowen [ 6]
Thomas W. Bennett (R)[ 6]
1872
John Huntoon
1873
John Hailey (D)[ 4]
1874
1875
David P. Thompson [ 6]
Joseph Perrault
Thomas W. Bennett (I)[ 4]
1876
Mason Brayman [ 6]
Stephen Southmyd Fenn (D)[ 4]
1877
1878
John P. Hoyt [ 7]
Robert A. Sidebotham [ 3]
1879
George Ainslie (D)[ 4]
1880
John Baldwin Neil [ 7]
Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (R)[ 3]
1881
James L. Onderdonk
1882
1883
John N. Irwin [ 8]
Edward L. Curtis [ 3]
Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (R)[ 4]
1884
William M. Bunn [ 8]
David P.B. Pride [ 3]
1885
Edward A. Stevenson [ 9]
Edward J. Curtis[ 3]
D. P. B. Pride
Silas W. Moody
Joseph Perrault
John Hailey (D)[ 4]
1886
1887
Richard Z. Johnson
J. H. Wickersham
Charlies Himrod
Silas W. Moody
Fred Dubois (R)[ 4]
1888
1889
George Laird Shoup [ 10]
Charles C. Stevenson
1890
George Laird Shoup (R)[ 11]
N. B. Willey (R)
N. B. Willey (R)[ 12]
John S. Gray (R)
George Laird Shoup (R)
William J. McConnell (R)
Willis Sweet (R)
1891
A. J. Pinkham (R)
George H. Roberts (R)
Silas W. Moody (R)
Frank R. Coffin (R)
Joseph Harroun (R)
14R, 4D
31R, 5D
Fred Dubois (R)
1892
James Weaver and James G. Field (P) N
1893
William J. McConnell (R)
F. B. Willis (R)
J. F. Curtis (R)
George M. Parsons (R)
Frank C. Ramsey (R)
W. C. Hill (R)
B. B. Lower (R)
William S. Haskins
8D, 6R, 4P[ 13]
20R, 9D, 7P
1894
1895
F. J. Mills (R)
I. W. Garrett (R)
Charles Bunting (R)
C. A. Foresman (R)
E. H. Dewey (R)
10R, 5P, 2D, 1I
25R, 8P, 1D, 1I
Edgar Wilson (R)
1896
William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D/P/SR) N
1897
Frank Steunenberg (D/P)[ 14]
George F. Moore (D/P)[ 14]
George Lewis (D/P)[ 14]
Robert McFarland (D/P)[ 14]
J. H. Anderson (D/P)[ 14]
George H. Storer (D/P)[ 14]
Louis Anderson (D/P)[ 14]
Benjamin Hastings (D/P)[ 14]
7D, 7P, 7R[ 15]
17R, 16P, 15D[ 16]
Henry Heitfeld (D/P)[ 14]
James Gunn (P)
1898
1899
J. H. Hutchinson (D/SR)[ 17]
M.A. Patrie (R)
S. H. Hays (D)
Bartlett Sinclair (D)
L. C. Rice (D/P/SR)[ 18]
Permeal French (D)
Jay A. Czizek (D/SR)[ 17]
9R, 7D/P/SR, 3D, 2P[ 19]
17D/P/SR, 14D, 12R, 6P[ 20]
Edgar Wilson (SR)
1900
William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) N
1901
Frank W. Hunt (D)
Thomas F. Terrell (D)
Charles Bassett (D/SR)[ 17]
Frank Martin (D)
E. W. Jones (D/SR)[ 17]
J. J. Plummer (D)
Martin Jacobs (D/P/SR)[ 18]
10D, 7R, 3P, 1SR[ 21]
20R, 16D, 7SR, 6P[ 22]
Fred T. Dubois (D)
Thomas L. Glenn (P)
1902
1903
John T. Morrison (R)
James M. Stevens (R)
Will H. Gibson (R)
John A. Bagley (R)
Theo Turner (R)
Henry C. Coffin (R)
May L. Scott (R)
Robert N. Bell (R)
14R, 6D, 1I
36R, 13D
Weldon B. Heyburn (R)
Burton L. French (R)
1904
Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks (R) Y
1905
Frank R. Gooding (R)
Burpee L. Steeves (R)
John Guheen (R)
Robert S. Bragaw (R)
19R, 2D
48R, 2D
1906
1907
Ezra A. Burrell (R)
Robert Lansdon (R)
C. A. Hastings (R)
S. Belle Chamberlain (R)
15R, 6D
38R, 12D, 1I
William Edgar Borah (R)[ 23]
1908
William Howard Taft and James Sherman (R) Y
1909
James H. Brady (R)
Lewis H. Sweetser (R)
D. C. McDougall (R)
S. D. Taylor (R)
F. Cushing Moore (R)
13R, 10D
44R, 9D
Thomas Ray Hamer (R)
1910
1911
James H. Hawley (D)
Wilford L. Gifford (R)
O. V. Allen (R)[ 24]
Grace M. Shepherd (R)
Robert N. Bell (R)
14R, 9D
34R, 25D
Burton L. French (R)
1912
Kirtland I. Perky (D)
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y
1913
John M. Haines (R)
Herman H. Taylor (R)
Joseph H. Peterson (R)
Fred L. Huston (R)
21R, 3D
56R, 4D
James H. Brady (R)
Burton L. French (R)[ 25]
Addison T. Smith (R)[ 25]
1914
E. H. Dewey (R)[ 26]
1915
Moses Alexander (D)
George R. Barker (R)
John W. Eagleson (R)
Bernice McCoy (R)
19R, 11D, 2Pr, 1S
32R, 28D, 1Pr
Robert M. McCracken (R)[ 25]
1916
1917
Ernest L. Parker (D)
William T. Dougherty (D)
T. A. Walters (D)
Clarence Van Deusen (D)
Ethel E. Redfield (R)
21D, 16R
36D, 29R
Burton L. French (R)[ 25]
1918
John F. Nugent (D)
1919
D. W. Davis (R)
Charles C. Moore (R)
Robert O. Jones (R)
Roy L. Black (R)
Edward G. Gallett (R)
29R, 12D
46R, 18D
Burton L. French (R)
Addison T. Smith (R)
1920
Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) Y
1921
Daniel F. Banks (R)
Stewart Campbell (R)
39R, 5D
51R, 3D
Frank R. Gooding (R)
1922
1923
Charles C. Moore (R)
H. C. Baldridge (R)
F. A. Jeter (R)
A. H. Conner (R)
Elizabeth Russum (R)
25R, 14D, 5Pr
37R, 22D, 6Pr
1924
Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes (R) Y
1925
32R, 7Pr, 5D
45R, 12Pr, 5D
1926
1927
H. C. Baldridge (R)
O. E. Hailey (R)
Fred E. Lukens (R)
Frank L. Stephan (R)
Byron Defenbach (R)
Mabelle McConnell Lyman (R)
29R, 11D, 4Pr
52R, 8Pr, 7D, 1I
1928
John W. Thomas (R)
Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) Y
1929
W. B. Kinne [ 23]
W. D. Gillis (R)
Myrtle R. Davis (R)
32R, 12D
50R, 9D
O. E. Hailey (R)
1930
1931
C. Ben Ross (D)
G. P. Mix (D)
Fred J. Babcock (R)
George Barrett (R)
23R, 21D
43R, 27D
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Y
1933
George E. Hill (D)
Franklin Girard (D)
Bert H. Miller (D)
Harry C. Parsons (D)
Myrtle P. Enking (D)
John W. Condie (D)
W. H. Simons (D)
35D, 9R
59D, 4R
James P. Pope (D)
Compton I. White (D)
Thomas C. Coffin (D)
1934
1935
G. P. Mix (D)
Arthur Campbell (D)
36D, 8R
53D, 6R
David Worth Clark (D)
1936
1937
Barzilla W. Clark (D)
Charles C. Gossett (D)
Ira H. Masters (D)
J. W. Taylor (D)
33D, 11R
50D, 9R
1938
1939
C. A. Bottolfsen (R)
Donald S. Whitehead (R)
George H. Curtis (D)
Calvin W. Wright (D)
27R, 17D
39R, 20D
David Worth Clark (D)
Henry C. Dworshak (R)
1940
John W. Thomas (R)
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace (D) Y
1941
Chase A. Clark (D)
Charles C. Gossett (D)
Bert H. Miller (D)
C. E. Roberts (D)[ 24]
23D, 21R
38D, 21R
1942
1943
C. A. Bottolfsen (R)
Edwin Nelson (R)
31R, 13D
32R, 27D
1944
Acel H. Chatburn (R)[ 26]
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) Y
1945
Charles C. Gossett (D)[ 27]
Arnold Williams (D)
Ira H. Masters (D)
Frank Langley (D)
Ernest G. Hansen (D)
Ruth G. Moon (D)
G. C. Sullivan (D)
24R, 20D
30R, 29D
Glen H. Taylor (D)
Arnold Williams (D)[ 12]
A. R. McCabe (D)
Charles C. Gossett (D)
1946
Henry C. Dworshak (R)
1947
C. A. Robins (R)
Donald S. Whitehead (R)
Cy Price (R)
Robert Ailshie (R)[ 23]
N. P. Nielson (R)[ 23]
Lela D. Painter (R)[ 23]
Alton B. Jones (R)
George A. McDowell (R)[ 24]
31R, 13D
42R, 17D
Abe M. Goff (R)
John C. Sanborn (R)
Robert E. Smylie (R)[ 28]
1948
Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) Y
1949
24D, 20R
35R, 24D
Bert H. Miller (D)[ 23]
Compton I. White (D)
1950
Henry C. Dworshak (R)
1951
Leonard B. Jordan (R)
Edson H. Deal (R)
Ira H. Masters (D)[ 23]
29R, 15D
36R, 23D
Herman Welker (R)
John Travers Wood (R)
Hamer H. Budge (R)
1952
Margaret Gilbert (R)[ 26]
Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (D) Y
1953
33R, 11D
45R, 14D
Gracie Pfost (D)
1954
1955
Robert E. Smylie (R)
J. Berkeley Larsen (R)
Graydon W. Smith (R)
Ruth G. Moon (D)[ 23]
24R, 20D
36R, 23D
1956
James H. Young (R)[ 26]
1957
Rulon A. Swensen (R)[ 26]
25D, 19R
32R, 27D
Frank Church (D)
1958
O. T. Hansen (R)[ 26]
1959
W. E. Drevlow (D)
Arnold Williams (D)[ 24]
Frank L. Benson (D)
Joe R. Williams (D)[ 24]
Rulon A. Swensen (R)[ 26]
D. F. Engelking (D)
George D. Fletcher (D)
27D, 17R
35D, 24R
1960
Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) N
1961
23R, 21D
31R, 28D
Ralph R. Harding (D)
1962
Leonard B. Jordan (R)
1963
Allan Shepard (R)[ 24]
Marjorie Ruth Moon (D)
O. T. Hansen
34R, 29D
Compton I. White, Jr. (D)
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965
25R, 19D
42R, 37D
George V. Hansen (R)
1966
Louis E. Clapp (D)[ 26]
1967
Don Samuelson (R)
Jack M. Murphy (R)
Edson H. Deal (R)[ 23]
22R, 13D
38R, 32D
James A. McClure (R)
Pete T. Cenarrusa (R)[ 28]
1968
Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1969
Robert M. Robson (R)[ 26]
20R, 15D
Orval H. Hansen (R)
1970
1971
Cecil D. Andrus (D)[ 29]
W. Anthony Park (D)
W. Carl Griner [ 30]
19R, 16D
41R, 29D
1972
1973
23R, 12D
51R, 19D
James A. McClure (R)
Steve Symms (R)
1974
no such office [ 31]
1975
John V. Evans (D)
Wayne L. Kidwell (R)
Roy F. Truby (D)
21R, 14D
43R, 27D
George V. Hansen (R)
1976
Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) N
1977
20R, 15D
48R, 22D
John V. Evans (D)[ 32]
William J. Murphy (D)[ 26]
1978
1979
Phil Batt (R)
David H. Leroy (R)
Jerry L. Evans (R)
19R, 16D
50R, 20D
1980
Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) Y
1981
23R, 12D
56R, 14D
Steve Symms (R)
Larry Craig (R)
1982
1983
David H. Leroy (R)
Jim Jones (R)
21R, 14D
51R, 19D
1984
1985
28R, 14D
67R, 17D
Richard H. Stallings (D)
1986
1987
Cecil D. Andrus (D)
Butch Otter (R)[ 33]
Lydia Justice-Edwards (R)
26R, 16D
64R, 20D
1988
George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989
23R, 19D
J. D. Williams (D)[ 28]
1990
1991
Larry EchoHawk (D)
21R, 21D[ 34]
56R, 28D
Larry Craig (R)
Larry LaRocco (D)
1992
George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) N
1993
23R, 12D
50R, 20D
Dirk Kempthorne (R)
Mike Crapo (R)
1994
1995
Phil Batt (R)
Alan G. Lance (R)
Anne C. Fox (R)
27R, 8D
57R, 13D
Helen P. Chenoweth (R)
1996
Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) N
1997
30R, 5D
59R, 11D
1998
1999
Dirk Kempthorne (R)[ 29]
Ron Crane (R)
Marilyn Howard (D)
31R, 4D
58R, 12D
Mike Crapo (R)
Mike Simpson (R)
2000
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001
Jack Riggs (R)
32R, 3D
61R, 9D
Butch Otter (R)
2002
Keith Johnson (R)[ 28]
2003
Jim Risch (R)
Ben Ysursa (R)
Lawrence Wasden (R)
28R, 7D
54R, 16D
2004
2005
57R, 13D
2006
Jim Risch (R)[ 12]
Mark Ricks (R)[ 26]
2007
Butch Otter (R)
Jim Risch (R)[ 35]
Donna Jones (R)[ 24]
Tom Luna (R)
51R, 19D
Bill Sali (R)
2008
John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) N
2009
Brad Little (R)[ 26]
52R, 18D
Jim Risch (R)
Walt Minnick (D)
2010
2011
57R, 13D
Raul Labrador (R)
2012
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) N
2013
Brandon D. Woolf (R)
2014
2015
Lawerence Denney (R)
Sherri Ybarra (R)
56R, 14D
2016
Year
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Sec. of State
Atty. Gen.
Auditor/Controller
Treasurer
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
Insp. Mines
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House District 1
U.S. House District 2
Electoral College votes
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
Notes
^ Office renamed per 1994 amendment to state Constitution.
^ a b Territorial governor appointed by President Abraham Lincoln .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Secretary of Idaho Territory .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Delegate of Idaho Territory.
^ Territorial governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson .
^ a b c d e f g Territorial governor appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant .
^ a b Territorial governor appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes .
^ a b Territorial governor appointed by President Chester A. Arthur .
^ Territorial governor appointed by President Grover Cleveland .
^ Territorial governor appointed by President Benjamin Harrison .
^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate .
^ a b c As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
^ A Democrat, Alexander Mayhew, was chosen as President Pro Tempore in a coalition of Democrats and Populists and organized the chamber.
^ a b c d e f g h i Elected on a fusion ticket that was also endorsed by the Populist Party .
^ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Populist, Joseph C. Rich , as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
^ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Democrat, David L. Evans, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
^ a b c d Elected on a fusion ticket that was also endorsed by the Silver Republican Party .
^ a b Elected on a fusion ticket that was also endorsed by the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party.
^ A coalition of Republicans and Populists elected a Republican, Frank R. Gooding , as President Pro Tempore, and organized the chamber.
^ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Democrat, David L. Evans, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
^ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Populist, J.W. Ballantine, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
^ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Democrat, Glenn P. McKinley, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
^ a b c d e f g h i Died in office.
^ a b c d e f g Resigned.
^ a b c d Elected state-wide at-large on a general ticket .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Appointed to fill vacancy. Cite error: The named reference "app" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page ).
^ Resigned so that Lieutenant Governor Arnold Williams would succeed him and then appoint him to the United States Senate.
^ a b c d Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
^ a b Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior .
^ Inspector of Mines became appointive position effective January 1971.
^ Office abolished by state legislature, with duties delegated to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Services, effective July 1, 1974.
^ As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives .
^ The Republican Lt. Governor, Butch Otter , broke the tie to keep a Republican, Mike Crapo , as President Pro Tempore. The membership of committees, however, was split evenly between the parties. [1]
^ Resigned following election to United States Senate.
See also