Cecil Dale Andrus was an American politician who served as 26th and 28th governor of Idaho, for a total of fourteen years. A Democrat, he also served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1977 to 1981 during the Carter Administration. Andrus lost his first gubernatorial election in 1966 but won four and his fourteen years as governor is the most in state history. He is the most recent Democrat to have held the office.
The Idaho panhandle—locally known as North Idaho, Northern Idaho, or simply the Panhandle—is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone. The panhandle is bordered by the state of Washington to the west, Montana to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. The Idaho panhandle, along with Eastern Washington, makes up the region known as the Inland Northwest, headed by its largest city, Spokane, Washington.
Leonard Beck Jordan was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of Idaho and a United States Senator for over ten years.
Pete Thomas Cenarrusa 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. He was a member of the Republican Party.
William J. Murphy was a Democratic politician from Idaho. He served as the state's 34th lieutenant governor from 1977 to 1979, during the administration of Governor John V. Evans.
Wayne LeRoy Kidwell is an American lawyer and jurist who is a retired Idaho Supreme Court justice, state attorney general, majority leader of the state senate. He was also an associate deputy attorney general in the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
Roger Stephen Burdick is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 2003 to 2021. He was chief justice twice for a total of eight years; from 2011 to 2015, and 2017 through 2020.
Daniel Thomas Eismann was an American lawyer and judge from Idaho. Elected to the Idaho Supreme Court in 2000, he was chief justice from 2007 to 2011, and retired in 2017.
Joel David Horton is an American lawyer and retired judge from Idaho. He is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, appointed in 2007.
Robert Eldon Bakes is an American attorney and politician who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1971 to 1993.
Linda Jayne Copple Trout is an American lawyer and retired judge from Idaho. She is a former chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, the only female to hold that position. Appointed by Governor Cecil Andrus as an associate justice in 1992, she was the first of four women to serve on the court.
Cathy R. Silak is the former dean of the Concordia University School of Law in Boise, Idaho. She is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court and the Idaho Court of Appeals.
Gerald Frank Schroeder is a former American attorney and jurist who served as chief justice of Idaho. He was appointed to the court in 1995 by Governor Phil Batt, and was elected chief justice by his peers in 2004. He served on the court for over a dozen years and retired in July 2007.
Charles Russell Donaldson was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court for more than eighteen years, including the last four years as chief justice. He was elected to the court in November 1968, and served from early 1969 until his death in October 1987.
Larry Monroe Boyle was a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1989 to 1992.
Jesse Raymond Walters Jr. is a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, a member from 1997 to 2003.
Robyn Michelle Maddox Brody is an American justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, since 2017. Elected to an open seat in November 2016, she is the third woman to serve on the state's highest court, and the first elected rather than appointed by the governor. Prior to her election, Brody was in private practice for nineteen years in south central Idaho, in Twin Falls and Rupert.
George Richard Bevan is an American attorney and jurist who has served as the chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court since 2021. He previously served as an Idaho district court judge from 2003 until 2017, when he was appointed to the supreme court.
Allan Guy Shepard was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served on the Idaho Supreme Court for two decades, including time as chief justice. He was previously the state's attorney general for six years, preceded by four years as a state legislator.
