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Politicians in Real Estate and Development in Idaho


  John Gardner Adams (b. 1892) — also known as J. G. Adams — of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho. Born in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, April 14, 1892. Son of Gardner G. Adams and Mildred H. (Heaston) Adams. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1947-50. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 24, 1914, to Lexie Ross.
  Alfred William Brunt (1909-1972) — also known as Bill Brunt — of Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho. Born in Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, August 27, 1909. Son of Clara (Rasicot) Brunt and George Brunt. Democrat. Real estate business; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1941; Presidential Elector for Idaho, 1944; chair of Bonneville County Democratic Party, 1944-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1948, 1952. Mormon. Died in June, 1972 (age 62 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1937 to Amelia Stevenson.
  Clarence F. Hyde (1888-1979) — of Eugene, Lane County, Ore. Born in Sun Valley, Blaine County, Idaho, May 13, 1888. Democrat. Real estate broker; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1935-38; candidate for Oregon commissioner of labor, 1938, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1940; Oregon Real Estate Commissioner, 1957-59. Member, Freemasons. Died, one week after a heart attack, in Sacred Heart General Hospital, Eugene, Lane County, Ore., March 3, 1979 (age 90 years, 294 days). Interment at West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Ore.
  Gracie Bowers Pfost (1906-1965) — also known as Gracie Pfost; Gracie Bowers — of Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho. Born in Harrison, Boone County, Ark., March 12, 1906. Daughter of William Lafayette Bowers and Lily Elizabeth (Wood) Bowers. Democrat. Real estate broker; Canyon County Treasurer, 1941-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1944, 1948, 1952; U.S. Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1953-63; defeated, 1950; candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1962. Female. Member, Soroptimists. Died in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., August 11, 1965 (age 59 years, 152 days). Interment at Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Idaho.
  Relatives: Married, August 4, 1923, to John Walter Pfost.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

 

 


 
   
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