Edson Hart Deal (November 11, 1903 – April 22, 1967) was an American politician,
Republican from
Idaho. Deal was elected to the
Idaho State Senate in 1940 and served for ten years, until his election as
lieutenant governor
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in 1950. He served four years in that office, during the administration of
Governor Len Jordan
Leonard Beck Jordan (May 15, 1899June 30, 1983) was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of Idaho and a United States Senator for over ten years.
Early life and education
Born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, Jordan's father was a cou ...
, and over a decade later was elected
secretary of state in 1966.
Deal was in office less than four months when he suffered a fatal heart attack at age 63 while mowing his lawn in
Boise.
His successor was
House
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speaker Pete Cenarrusa
Pete Thomas Cenarrusa (December 16, 1917 – September 29, 2013) was an American politician from Idaho. He served continuously for over half a century in elective office, first as a member of the Idaho Legislature and then as Secretary of State.
...
, appointed by Governor
Don Samuelson
Donald William Samuelson (July 27, 1913 – January 20, 2000) was an American Republican politician who served as the 25th governor of Idaho, from 1967 to 1971. He is the state's most recent incumbent governor to lose a re-election bid (1970).
...
.
Cenarrusa continued as secretary of state for over 35 years, until 2003.
Personal
Deal was in the insurance business in
Nampa
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. He married Gwendolyn Shepard of
Eugene, Oregon
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As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...
, in 1936,
[ and they had three children: daughter Pat and two sons, Fred and Bruce.
]
References
External links
Edson Hart Deal entry
at The Political Graveyard
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1903 births
1967 deaths
Republican Party Idaho state senators
Lieutenant Governors of Idaho
People from Weiser, Idaho
Secretaries of State of Idaho
Businesspeople from Idaho
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century American politicians
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