The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Idaho:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic–Populist fusion (D/P), Democratic–Populist–Silver Republican fusion, (D/P/SR), Democratic–Silver Republican fusion (D/SR), Independent (I), Populist (P), Socialist (S), Silver Republican (SR), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
Year |
Executive offices |
State Legislature |
United States Congress |
Electoral College votes |
Governor |
Lieutenant Governor |
Sec. of State |
Atty. Gen. |
Auditor/
Controller |
Treasurer |
Supt. of Pub. Inst. |
Insp. Mines |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House District 1 |
U.S. House District 2 |
1863 |
William H. Wallace (R)[2] |
no such office |
William B. Daniels[3] |
no such office |
John M. Bacon |
Derrick S. Kenyon |
no such office |
no such office |
no such bodies |
no such offices |
no such office |
no electoral votes |
1864 |
Caleb Lyon[2] |
C. DeWitt Smith[3] |
Benjamin F. Lamkin |
Ephraim Smith |
J. R. Chittenden |
William H. Wallace (R)[4] |
1865 |
Horace G. Gilson[3] |
Edward Dexter Holbrook (D)[4] |
1866 |
David W. Ballard[5] |
S.R. Howlett[3] |
W. R. Bishop |
1867 |
Horace B. Lane |
Edward C. Sterling |
Jacob K. Shafer (D)[4] |
William R. Bishop |
1868 |
Daniel Cram |
1869 |
Edward J. Curtis[3] |
1870 |
Samuel Bard[6] |
Gilman Marston[6] |
1871 |
Alexander H. Conner[6] |
John S. Gray |
Samuel Augustus Merritt (D)[4] |
Thomas M. Bowen[6] |
Thomas W. Bennett (R)[6] |
1872 |
John Huntoon |
1873 |
John Hailey (D)[4] |
1874 |
1875 |
David P. Thompson[6] |
Joseph Perrault |
Thomas W. Bennett (I)[4] |
1876 |
Mason Brayman[6] |
Stephen Southmyd Fenn (D)[4] |
1877 |
1878 |
John P. Hoyt[7] |
Robert A. Sidebotham[3] |
1879 |
George Ainslie (D)[4] |
1880 |
John Baldwin Neil[7] |
Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (R)[3] |
1881 |
James L. Onderdonk |
1882 |
1883 |
John N. Irwin[8] |
Edward L. Curtis[3] |
Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (R)[4] |
1884 |
William M. Bunn[8] |
David P.B. Pride[3] |
1885 |
Edward A. Stevenson[9] |
Edward J. Curtis[3] |
D. P. B. Pride |
Silas W. Moody |
Joseph Perrault |
John Hailey (D)[4] |
1886 |
1887 |
Richard Z. Johnson |
J. H. Wickersham |
Charlies Himrod |
Silas W. Moody |
Fred Dubois (R)[4] |
1888 |
1889 |
George Laird Shoup[10] |
Charles C. Stevenson |
1890 |
George Laird Shoup (R)[11] |
N. B. Willey (R) |
N. B. Willey (R)[12] |
John S. Gray (R) |
George Laird Shoup (R) |
William J. McConnell (R) |
Willis Sweet (R) |
1891 |
A. J. Pinkham (R) |
George H. Roberts (R) |
Silas W. Moody (R) |
Frank R. Coffin (R) |
Joseph Harroun (R) |
14R, 4D |
31R, 5D |
Fred Dubois (R) |
1892 |
James Weaver and James G. Field (P) N |
1893 |
William J. McConnell (R) |
F. B. Willis (R) |
J. F. Curtis (R) |
George M. Parsons (R) |
Frank C. Ramsey (R) |
W. C. Hill (R) |
B. B. Lower (R) |
William S. Haskins |
8D, 6R, 4P[13] |
20R, 9D, 7P |
1894 |
1895 |
F. J. Mills (R) |
I. W. Garrett (R) |
Charles Bunting (R) |
C. A. Foresman (R) |
E. H. Dewey (R) |
10R, 5P, 2D, 1I |
25R, 8P, 1D, 1I |
Edgar Wilson (R) |
1896 |
William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D/P/SR) N |
1897 |
Frank Steunenberg (D/P)[14] |
George F. Moore (D/P)[14] |
George Lewis (D/P)[14] |
Robert McFarland (D/P)[14] |
J. H. Anderson (D/P)[14] |
George H. Storer (D/P)[14] |
Louis Anderson (D/P)[14] |
Benjamin Hastings (D/P)[14] |
7D, 7P, 7R[15] |
17R, 16P, 15D[16] |
Henry Heitfeld (D/P)[14] |
James Gunn (P) |
1898 |
1899 |
J. H. Hutchinson (D/SR)[17] |
M.A. Patrie (R) |
S. H. Hays (D) |
Bartlett Sinclair (D) |
L. C. Rice (D/P/SR)[18] |
Permeal French (D) |
Jay A. Czizek (D/SR)[17] |
9R, 7D/P/SR, 3D, 2P[19] |
17D/P/SR, 14D, 12R, 6P[20] |
Edgar Wilson (SR) |
1900 |
William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) N |
1901 |
Frank W. Hunt (D) |
Thomas F. Terrell (D) |
Charles Bassett (D/SR)[17] |
Frank Martin (D) |
E. W. Jones (D/SR)[17] |
J. J. Plummer (D) |
Martin Jacobs (D/P/SR)[18] |
10D, 7R, 3P, 1SR[21] |
20R, 16D, 7SR, 6P[22] |
Fred T. Dubois (D) |
Thomas L. Glenn (P) |
1902 |
1903 |
John T. Morrison (R) |
James M. Stevens (R) |
Will H. Gibson (R) |
John A. Bagley (R) |
Theo Turner (R) |
Henry C. Coffin (R) |
May L. Scott (R) |
Robert N. Bell (R) |
14R, 6D, 1I |
36R, 13D |
Weldon B. Heyburn (R) |
Burton L. French (R) |
1904 |
Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks (R) Y |
1905 |
Frank R. Gooding (R) |
Burpee L. Steeves (R) |
John Guheen (R) |
Robert S. Bragaw (R) |
19R, 2D |
48R, 2D |
1906 |
1907 |
Ezra A. Burrell (R) |
Robert Lansdon (R) |
C. A. Hastings (R) |
S. Belle Chamberlain (R) |
15R, 6D |
38R, 12D, 1I |
William Edgar Borah (R)[23] |
1908 |
William Howard Taft and James Sherman (R) Y |
1909 |
James H. Brady (R) |
Lewis H. Sweetser (R) |
D. C. McDougall (R) |
S. D. Taylor (R) |
F. Cushing Moore (R) |
13R, 10D |
44R, 9D |
Thomas Ray Hamer (R) |
1910 |
1911 |
James H. Hawley (D) |
Wilford L. Gifford (R) |
O. V. Allen (R)[24] |
Grace M. Shepherd (R) |
Robert N. Bell (R) |
14R, 9D |
34R, 25D |
Burton L. French (R) |
1912 |
Kirtland I. Perky (D) |
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y |
1913 |
John M. Haines (R) |
Herman H. Taylor (R) |
Joseph H. Peterson (R) |
Fred L. Huston (R) |
21R, 3D |
56R, 4D |
James H. Brady (R) |
Burton L. French (R)[25] |
Addison T. Smith (R)[25] |
1914 |
E. H. Dewey (R)[26] |
1915 |
Moses Alexander (D) |
George R. Barker (R) |
John W. Eagleson (R) |
Bernice McCoy (R) |
19R, 11D, 2Pr, 1S |
32R, 28D, 1Pr |
Robert M. McCracken (R)[25] |
1916 |
1917 |
Ernest L. Parker (D) |
William T. Dougherty (D) |
T. A. Walters (D) |
Clarence Van Deusen (D) |
Ethel E. Redfield (R) |
21D, 16R |
36D, 29R |
Burton L. French (R)[25] |
1918 |
John F. Nugent (D) |
1919 |
D. W. Davis (R) |
Charles C. Moore (R) |
Robert O. Jones (R) |
Roy L. Black (R) |
Edward G. Gallett (R) |
29R, 12D |
46R, 18D |
Burton L. French (R) |
Addison T. Smith (R) |
1920 |
Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) Y |
1921 |
Daniel F. Banks (R) |
Stewart Campbell (R) |
39R, 5D |
51R, 3D |
Frank R. Gooding (R) |
1922 |
1923 |
Charles C. Moore (R) |
H. C. Baldridge (R) |
F. A. Jeter (R) |
A. H. Conner (R) |
Elizabeth Russum (R) |
25R, 14D, 5Pr |
37R, 22D, 6Pr |
1924 |
Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes (R) Y |
1925 |
32R, 7Pr, 5D |
45R, 12Pr, 5D |
1926 |
1927 |
H. C. Baldridge (R) |
O. E. Hailey (R) |
Fred E. Lukens (R) |
Frank L. Stephan (R) |
Byron Defenbach (R) |
Mabelle McConnell Lyman (R) |
29R, 11D, 4Pr |
52R, 8Pr, 7D, 1I |
1928 |
John W. Thomas (R) |
Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) Y |
1929 |
W. B. Kinne[23] |
W. D. Gillis (R) |
Myrtle R. Davis (R) |
32R, 12D |
50R, 9D |
O. E. Hailey (R) |
1930 |
1931 |
C. Ben Ross (D) |
G. P. Mix (D) |
Fred J. Babcock (R) |
George Barrett (R) |
23R, 21D |
43R, 27D |
1932 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Y |
1933 |
George E. Hill (D) |
Franklin Girard (D) |
Bert H. Miller (D) |
Harry C. Parsons (D) |
Myrtle P. Enking (D) |
John W. Condie (D) |
W. H. Simons (D) |
35D, 9R |
59D, 4R |
James P. Pope (D) |
Compton I. White (D) |
Thomas C. Coffin (D) |
1934 |
1935 |
G. P. Mix (D) |
Arthur Campbell (D) |
36D, 8R |
53D, 6R |
David Worth Clark (D) |
1936 |
1937 |
Barzilla W. Clark (D) |
Charles C. Gossett (D) |
Ira H. Masters (D) |
J. W. Taylor (D) |
33D, 11R |
50D, 9R |
1938 |
1939 |
C. A. Bottolfsen (R) |
Donald S. Whitehead (R) |
George H. Curtis (D) |
Calvin W. Wright (D) |
27R, 17D |
39R, 20D |
David Worth Clark (D) |
Henry C. Dworshak (R) |
1940 |
John W. Thomas (R) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace (D) Y |
1941 |
Chase A. Clark (D) |
Charles C. Gossett (D) |
Bert H. Miller (D) |
C. E. Roberts (D)[24] |
23D, 21R |
38D, 21R |
1942 |
1943 |
C. A. Bottolfsen (R) |
Edwin Nelson (R) |
31R, 13D |
32R, 27D |
1944 |
Acel H. Chatburn (R)[26] |
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) Y |
1945 |
Charles C. Gossett (D)[27] |
Arnold Williams (D) |
Ira H. Masters (D) |
Frank Langley (D) |
Ernest G. Hansen (D) |
Ruth G. Moon (D) |
G. C. Sullivan (D) |
24R, 20D |
30R, 29D |
Glen H. Taylor (D) |
Arnold Williams (D)[12] |
A. R. McCabe (D) |
Charles C. Gossett (D) |
1946 |
Henry C. Dworshak (R) |
1947 |
C. A. Robins (R) |
Donald S. Whitehead (R) |
Cy Price (R) |
Robert Ailshie (R)[23] |
N. P. Nielson (R)[23] |
Lela D. Painter (R)[23] |
Alton B. Jones (R) |
George A. McDowell (R)[24] |
31R, 13D |
42R, 17D |
Abe M. Goff (R) |
John C. Sanborn (R) |
Robert E. Smylie (R)[28] |
1948 |
Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) Y |
1949 |
24D, 20R |
35R, 24D |
Bert H. Miller (D)[23] |
Compton I. White (D) |
1950 |
Henry C. Dworshak (R) |
1951 |
Leonard B. Jordan (R) |
Edson H. Deal (R) |
Ira H. Masters (D)[23] |
29R, 15D |
36R, 23D |
Herman Welker (R) |
John Travers Wood (R) |
Hamer H. Budge (R) |
1952 |
Margaret Gilbert (R)[26] |
Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (D) Y |
1953 |
33R, 11D |
45R, 14D |
Gracie Pfost (D) |
1954 |
1955 |
Robert E. Smylie (R) |
J. Berkeley Larsen (R) |
Graydon W. Smith (R) |
Ruth G. Moon (D)[23] |
24R, 20D |
36R, 23D |
1956 |
James H. Young (R)[26] |
1957 |
Rulon A. Swensen (R)[26] |
25D, 19R |
32R, 27D |
Frank Church (D) |
1958 |
O. T. Hansen (R)[26] |
1959 |
W. E. Drevlow (D) |
Arnold Williams (D)[24] |
Frank L. Benson (D) |
Joe R. Williams (D)[24] |
Rulon A. Swensen (R)[26] |
D. F. Engelking (D) |
George D. Fletcher (D) |
27D, 17R |
35D, 24R |
1960 |
Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) N |
1961 |
23R, 21D |
31R, 28D |
Ralph R. Harding (D) |
1962 |
Leonard B. Jordan (R) |
1963 |
Allan Shepard (R)[24] |
Marjorie Ruth Moon (D) |
O. T. Hansen |
34R, 29D |
Compton I. White, Jr. (D) |
1964 |
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y |
1965 |
25R, 19D |
42R, 37D |
George V. Hansen (R) |
1966 |
Louis E. Clapp (D)[26] |
1967 |
Don Samuelson (R) |
Jack M. Murphy (R) |
Edson H. Deal (R)[23] |
22R, 13D |
38R, 32D |
James A. McClure (R) |
Pete T. Cenarrusa (R)[28] |
1968 |
Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y |
1969 |
Robert M. Robson (R)[26] |
20R, 15D |
Orval H. Hansen (R) |
1970 |
1971 |
Cecil D. Andrus (D)[29] |
W. Anthony Park (D) |
W. Carl Griner[30] |
19R, 16D |
41R, 29D |
1972 |
1973 |
23R, 12D |
51R, 19D |
James A. McClure (R) |
Steve Symms (R) |
1974 |
no such office[31] |
1975 |
John V. Evans (D) |
Wayne L. Kidwell (R) |
Roy F. Truby (D) |
21R, 14D |
43R, 27D |
George V. Hansen (R) |
1976 |
Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) N |
1977 |
20R, 15D |
48R, 22D |
John V. Evans (D)[32] |
William J. Murphy (D)[26] |
1978 |
1979 |
Phil Batt (R) |
David H. Leroy (R) |
Jerry L. Evans (R) |
19R, 16D |
50R, 20D |
1980 |
Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) Y |
1981 |
23R, 12D |
56R, 14D |
Steve Symms (R) |
Larry Craig (R) |
1982 |
1983 |
David H. Leroy (R) |
Jim Jones (R) |
21R, 14D |
51R, 19D |
1984 |
1985 |
28R, 14D |
67R, 17D |
Richard H. Stallings (D) |
1986 |
1987 |
Cecil D. Andrus (D) |
Butch Otter (R)[33] |
Lydia Justice-Edwards (R) |
26R, 16D |
64R, 20D |
1988 |
George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y |
1989 |
23R, 19D |
J. D. Williams (D)[28] |
1990 |
1991 |
Larry EchoHawk (D) |
21R, 21D[34] |
56R, 28D |
Larry Craig (R) |
Larry LaRocco (D) |
1992 |
George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) N |
1993 |
23R, 12D |
50R, 20D |
Dirk Kempthorne (R) |
Mike Crapo (R) |
1994 |
1995 |
Phil Batt (R) |
Alan G. Lance (R) |
Anne C. Fox (R) |
27R, 8D |
57R, 13D |
Helen P. Chenoweth (R) |
1996 |
Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) N |
1997 |
30R, 5D |
59R, 11D |
1998 |
1999 |
Dirk Kempthorne (R)[29] |
Ron Crane (R) |
Marilyn Howard (D) |
31R, 4D |
58R, 12D |
Mike Crapo (R) |
Mike Simpson (R) |
2000 |
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y |
2001 |
Jack Riggs (R) |
32R, 3D |
61R, 9D |
Butch Otter (R) |
2002 |
Keith Johnson (R)[28] |
2003 |
Jim Risch (R) |
Ben Ysursa (R) |
Lawrence Wasden (R) |
28R, 7D |
54R, 16D |
2004 |
2005 |
57R, 13D |
2006 |
Jim Risch (R)[12] |
Mark Ricks (R)[26] |
2007 |
Butch Otter (R) |
Jim Risch (R)[35] |
Donna Jones (R)[24] |
Tom Luna (R) |
51R, 19D |
Bill Sali (R) |
2008 |
John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) N |
2009 |
Brad Little (R)[26] |
52R, 18D |
Jim Risch (R) |
Walt Minnick (D) |
2010 |
2011 |
57R, 13D |
Raul Labrador (R) |
2012 |
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) N |
2013 |
Brandon D. Woolf (R) |
2014 |
2015 |
Lawerence Denney (R) |
Sherri Ybarra (R) |
56R, 14D |
2016 |
Year |
Governor |
Lieutenant Governor |
Sec. of State |
Atty. Gen. |
Auditor/
Controller |
Treasurer |
Supt. of Pub. Inst. |
Insp. Mines |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House District 1 |
U.S. House District 2 |
Electoral College votes |
Executive offices |
State Legislature |
United States Congress |
Notes
- ↑ Office renamed per 1994 amendment to state Constitution.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Territorial governor appointed by President Abraham Lincoln.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Secretary of Idaho Territory.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Delegate of Idaho Territory.
- ↑ Territorial governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Territorial governor appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Territorial governor appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Territorial governor appointed by President Chester A. Arthur.
- ↑ Territorial governor appointed by President Grover Cleveland.
- ↑ Territorial governor appointed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ↑ A Democrat, Alexander Mayhew, was chosen as President Pro Tempore in a coalition of Democrats and Populists and organized the chamber.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 Elected on a fusion ticket that was also endorsed by the Populist Party.
- ↑ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Populist, Joseph C. Rich, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
- ↑ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Democrat, David L. Evans, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Elected on a fusion ticket that was also endorsed by the Silver Republican Party.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Elected on a fusion ticket that was also endorsed by the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party.
- ↑ A coalition of Republicans and Populists elected a Republican, Frank R. Gooding, as President Pro Tempore, and organized the chamber.
- ↑ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Democrat, David L. Evans, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
- ↑ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Populist, J.W. Ballantine, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
- ↑ A coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Silver Republicans elected a Democrat, Glenn P. McKinley, as Speaker and organized the chamber.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 Died in office.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 Resigned.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Elected state-wide at-large on a general ticket.
- ↑ 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 Appointed to fill vacancy. Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Resigned so that Lieutenant Governor Arnold Williams would succeed him and then appoint him to the United States Senate.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior.
- ↑ Inspector of Mines became appointive position effective January 1971.
- ↑ Office abolished by state legislature, with duties delegated to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Services, effective July 1, 1974.
- ↑ As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.
- ↑ The Republican Lt. Governor, Butch Otter, broke the tie to keep a Republican, Mike Crapo, as President Pro Tempore. The membership of committees, however, was split evenly between the parties. [1]
- ↑ Resigned following election to United States Senate.
See also