Hamer Budge | |
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| 16th Chair of theSecurities and Exchange Commission | |
| In office February 22, 1969 – January 2, 1971 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Manuel F. Cohen |
| Succeeded by | William J. Casey |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIdaho's2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | John Sanborn |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Harding |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hamer Harold Budge November 21, 1910 Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 2003(2003-07-22) (aged 92) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Jeanne Keithly[1] Budge (1916–2007) (m.1941–2003, his death) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of Idaho (JD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Commander |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Hamer Harold Budge (November 21, 1910 – July 22, 2003) was an American attorney politician. He was a five-termcongressman fromIdaho and later chaired theSecurities and Exchange Commission.
Born inPocatello, Idaho, Budge was the youngest of eight children of aJustice of the Idaho Supreme Court[2]Alfred Budge and Ella Hoge Budge, and grandson of Idaho political figureWilliam Budge. His father was appointed to theIdaho Supreme Court in November 1914, and the family relocated from Pocatello toBoise. Justice Budge retired from the state's highest court 34 years later in December 1948, at age 80.[3]
Hamer Budge attended public schools in Boise and theCollege of Idaho inCaldwell. He transferred toStanford University inPalo Alto, California, and graduated in 1933, then attended theUniversity of Idaho College of Law inMoscow.
After graduating from law school in 1936, went into private practice in Boise. He was a member of thestate legislature from 1939 through 1941 and in 1949 and served in theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II, from 1942 through 1945, leaving as alieutenant commander.[1]
When Republican CongressmanJohn Sanborn chose to pursue the U.S. Senate seat rather than a third term in 1950, it left the2nd district seat open. Both nominees were from Boise, and Budge defeatedDemocratic state senator James Hawley in the1950 election to become the firstMormon to represent Idaho in either house of Congress. He served in the House for ten years; an attempt at a sixth term came up short in1960, with a loss to 31-year-old DemocratRalph Harding ofBlackfoot. Budge voted against theCivil Rights Act of 1957 and1960.[4][5]
When his fifth congressional term ended in 1961, Budge became a judge in the Third Judicial District of Idaho in Boise. In 1964, he was appointed to theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by PresidentLyndon B. Johnson; he was chairman of the SEC in theNixon administration from 1969 until he resigned on January 2, 1971.[6][7]
Budge then served as the president of a mutual funds group inMinneapolis until he retired in 1978.[1]
He was a member of theElks,Eagles,American Bar Association, andSigma Alpha Epsilon[8]
He died in 2003 at age 92 in Arizona.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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