In 1863, after the first important groups of white migrants had settled in
the region, the eastern parts of the U.S. Territory of Washington and western
parts of the U.S. Dakota Territory were regrouped into the separate territory
of Idaho. (1)
(1) The parts taken from Dakota included later Montana and parts
of later Wyoming. They were separated from Idaho in 1864.
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TERRITORIAL OFFICERS
Territorial Governors (2)
(2) Subordinated to the Department of State until 1873,
afterwards to the Department of the Interior
1870 - 1871 Edward J. Curtis*
1871 Alexander H. Conner
1871 Thomas M. Bowen 1835 - 1906
1871 - 1875 Thomas Warren Bennett 1831 - 1893
1875 - 1876 David P. Thompson 1834 - 1901
1876 - 1878 Mason Brayman 1813 - 1895
1878 - 1880 John P. Hoyt
1880 - 1883 John B. Neil
1883 - 1884 John Nichol Irwin 1847 - 1905
1884 - 1885 William M. Bunn
1885 - 1889 Edward A. Stevenson
1889 - 1890 George Laird Shoup 1836 - 1904
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REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. CONGRESS
Territorial Delegates
1869 - 1871 Jacob K. Shafer 1823 - 1876
1871 - 1873 Samuel Augustus Merritt 1827 - 1910
1873 - 1875 John Hailey 1835 - 1921
1875 - 1876 Thomas Warren Bennett s.a.
1876 - 1879 Stephen Southmyd Fenn 1820 - 1892
1879 - 1883 George Ainslie 1838 - 1913
1883 - 1885 Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser 1845 - 1907
1885 - 1887 John Hailey (2x)
1887 - 1890 Fred Thomas Dubois 1851 - 1930
U.S. STATE IDAHO
In 1890 Idaho became a State of the Union.
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1890 George Laird Shoup s.a.
1890 - 1893 Norman Bushnell Willey 1838 - 1921
1893 - 1897 William John McConnell 1839 - 1925
1897 - 1901 Frank Steunenberg 1861 - 1905
1901 - 1903 Frank Williams Hunt 1861 - 1906
1903 - 1905 John Tracy Morrison 1860 - 1915
1905 - 1909 Frank Robert Gooding 1859 - 1928
1909 - 1911 James Henry Brady 1862 - 1918
1911 - 1913 James Henry Hawley 1847 - 1929
1913 - 1915 John Michner Haines 1863 - 1917
1915 - 1919 Moses Alexander 1853 - 1932
1919 - 1923 David William Davis 1873 - 1959
1923 - 1927 Charles Calvin Moore 1866 - 1958
1927 - 1931 H. Clarence Baldridge 1868 - 1947
1931 - 1937 Charles Ben Ross 1876 - 1946
1937 - 1939 Barzilla Worth Clark 1881 - 1943
1939 - 1941 Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen 1891 - 1964
1941 - 1943 Chase Addison Clark 1883 - 1966
1943 - 1945 Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen (2x)
1945 Charles Clinton Gossett 1888 - 1974
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