William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history...
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With the backing of party leaders, Landon defeated progressive Senator William Borah at the 1936 Republican National Convention to win his party's presidential...
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Borah Peak, also known as Mount Borah or Beauty Peak, is a mountain in the western United States and the highest summit in Idaho. One of the most prominent...
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shaky, and her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah. Alice Lee Roosevelt was born in the Roosevelt family home at 6 West...
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Borah may refer to: Bora (surname), an Assamese surname William Borah (1865–1940), an American politician from Idaho Borah Peak, highest point in Idaho...
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sought the Republican nomination, only two, Governor Landon and Senator William Borah of Idaho, were considered to be serious candidates. Although favorite...
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1936 United States presidential election in Idaho (section William Borah's run for the 1936 Republican presidential nomination)
margin of victory) vote more Democratic than the nation as a whole. William Borah the Republican Senator for Idaho ran for the Republican nomination for...
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William Borah is a bronze sculpture depicting the American politician of the same name by Bryant Baker, installed in the United States Capitol Visitor...
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Republican nomination, only two, Governor Alfred Landon and Senator William Borah, were considered to be serious candidates.[citation needed] While favorite...
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Barton of New York (ran for U.S. Senate) (endorsed Willkie) Senator William Borah of Idaho (died January 19, 1940) Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio Representative...
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Crapo is the second-longest serving senator in Idaho history, after William Borah. Idaho's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists...
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Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history, trailing only William Borah, who served over 32 years in the Senate. Born in Council, Idaho, Craig...
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Bates, Arkansas William Henry Harrison Beadle, South Dakota Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Missouri William Borah, Idaho Norman...
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Mike Crapo (serving since 1999) and Jim Risch (serving since 2009). William Borah was Idaho's longest-serving senator (1907–1940). Idaho is one of fifteen...
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grades 10–12 in the southwest portion of the district and is named for William Borah (1865–1940), a prominent U.S. Senator from the state and a presidential...
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Steve Forrest (actor) (redirect from William Forrest Andrews)
Senator William Borah in the 1963 episode "The Lion of Idaho" of the syndicated television anthology series Death Valley Days. In the storyline, Borah as a...
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youth, Church admired William Borah, who represented Idaho in the United States Senate from 1907 until his death in 1940. When Borah died, Church walked...
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election). Landon decisively won his party's nomination over Idaho Senator William Borah. The Democrats gained twelve seats in the House of Representatives,...
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Credit for coining "Phoney War" is generally given to U.S. Senator William Borah who, commenting in September 1939 on the inactivity on the Western Front...
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Nationwide opinion polling for the 1936 United States presidential election (section Franklin Roosevelt vs Alf Landon vs William Lemke vs Norman Thomas)
Polling aggregates Candidates Alf Landon William Borah Herbert Hoover Frank Knox Arthur Vandenberg Lester Dickinson...
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Electoral history of William Edgar Borah, United States Senator from Idaho (1907–1940) Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1924–1933)...
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get one. Harding waffled on the League, thereby keeping Idaho Senator William Borah and other Republican "irreconcilables" in line. Cox also hedged. He...
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the convention, Coolidge courted progressive Senator William Borah to join the ticket, but Borah refused to relinquish his Senate seat. Republicans then...
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in 1940 in a special election to fill the remaining term of the late William Borah, but lost to appointee John Thomas, with 47.1 to 52.9 percent. Despite...
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consideration. Progressive Republicans considered forming a third party, but William Borah, Johnson, George W. Norris, and Gifford Pinchot declined to lead such...
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identified as members of the faction include: George W. Norris of Nebraska William Borah of Idaho Robert La Follette of Wisconsin Hiram Johnson of California...
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naval arms race between the United States and Great Britain. Senator William Borah (Republican-Idaho), from the floor of the Senate successfully had a...
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the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020. "William Edgar Borah". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on October...
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Robert M. La Follette, Charles Evans Hughes, Hiram Johnson, William Borah, George W. Norris, William Allen White, Victor Murdock, Clyde M. Reed and Fiorello...
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1912 United States presidential election (category William Howard Taft)
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft while defeating former President Theodore Roosevelt (who ran...
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