Latah County
Idaho
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Latah County
Idaho
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Latah County
Index to Locations MoscowCemetery Moscow, Latah County, Idaho
|  Burton Lee French (1875-1954) — also known asBurton L. French — of Moscow,LatahCounty, Idaho; Oxford,ButlerCounty, Ohio.Born near Delphi,CarrollCounty, Ind.,August1, 1875.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIdahostate house of representatives, 1898-1902;U.S.Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidateforU.S.Senator from Idaho, 1914.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;PhiDelta Theta;DeltaSigma Rho;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons.Died in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio,September12, 1954 (age79 years, 42days).Interment at Moscow Cemetery.
| Abe McGregor Goff (1899-1984) — of Moscow,LatahCounty, Idaho.Born in Colfax,WhitmanCounty, Wash.,December21, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;LatahCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1926-34; member ofIdahostate senate, 1941-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during World WarII;U.S.Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948;member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1958-67.Episcopalian.Member,BetaTheta Pi;FederalBar Association;American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Elks;Freemasons.Died in Moscow,LatahCounty, Idaho,November23, 1984 (age84 years, 338days).Cremated;ashes interred at Moscow Cemetery.
| Warren Truitt (1849-1935) — of Moscow,LatahCounty, Idaho.Born in Fayette,GreeneCounty, Ill.,1849.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska,1892-96; member ofIdahostate senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Idaho,1908;justiceof Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914;mayor ofMoscow, Idaho, 1918-19; defeated, 1919.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in1935(ageabout86 years).Interment at Moscow Cemetery.
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