Burley is a city in Cassia and Minidoka counties in southern Idaho,United States. The population was 11,704 at the 2020 census,up from 10,345 in 2010. The city is the county seat of Cassia County.
Reed Smoot was an American politician,businessman,and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislature in 1902,he served from 1903 to 1933. Smoot is primarily remembered as the co-sponsor of the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act,which increased almost 900 American import duties. Criticized at the time as having "intensified nationalism all over the world" by Thomas Lamont of J.P. Morgan &Co.,Smoot–Hawley is widely regarded as one of the catalysts for the worsening Great Depression.
James Henry Brady was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. He served as the state's eighth governor from 1909 to 1911 and a United States senator for nearly five years,from 1913 until his death.
The Idaho Republican Party (IDGOP) is the Idaho state affiliate of the United States Republican Party,headquartered in Boise. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling both of Idaho's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,the governorship,and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Lee Mantle was an English-born American businessman and politician from Montana. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from 1895 to 1899.
Arnold Williams was an American politician and businessman who served as the 21st governor of Idaho from 1945 until 1947. A member of the Democratic Party,he later served as Idaho's secretary of state from 1959 until 1966.
Ralph R. Harding was a former congressman from eastern Idaho;he served two terms as a Democrat from 1961 to 1965.
Mark George Ricks was an American Republican politician from Idaho. He served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Idaho from June 2006 to January 2007.
Margaret Dayton is an American politician from Utah. A member of the Republican Party,she served longer in the Utah Legislature than any other woman in Utah history. After serving a decade in the Utah House of Representatives,she unseated an incumbent senator in 2006 and served in that position until June 2018,when she resigned for medical reasons.
Wayne Larry Niederhauser is an American politician and certified public accountant from Utah. A Republican,he served as a member of the Utah State Senate from 2006 to 2018,representing the state's 9th senate district in Salt Lake County including the cities of Sandy and Draper. From 2013 to 2019,he served as President of the Utah State Senate.
Herschel Bullen was an American businessman,politician and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Logan,Utah.
Daniel R. Liljenquist is an American businessman and politician who served one term in the Utah State Senate.
Christopher N. Herrod is a real estate developer and politician from Provo. He was a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing the 62nd district from 2007 to 2012. He was an unsuccessful candidate to replace Jason Chaffetz in the 2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election.
William Montague Ferry was an American politician. He was a Utah State Senator and the 17th mayor of Salt Lake City.
Dean M. Mortimer is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate,where he as represented the 30th district from 2012 to 2020 and served as chairman of the education committee. He previously represented District 32 in the Idaho Senate from 2008 to 2012. He was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 2006 to 2008,representing the District 32 Seat B.
Joseph Coulson Rich was an American,politician,judge,and early settler of the Idaho Territory.
Mike K. McKell is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party,McKell is a member of the Utah State Senate serving the 25th district. Prior to redistricting he represented the 7th District. In November 2024,McKell was elected as the Majority Assistant Whip. He also previously served in the Utah House of Representatives,in the 66th district from 2013 to 2021. Spencer Cox,the Governor of Utah,is McKell's brother-in-law.
Evan J. Vickers is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah State Senate representing District 28 since January 1,2013. Vickers previously served in the Utah State Legislature from January 1,2009,until December 31,2012,in the Utah House of Representatives District 72 seat.
Ronald M. Nate is an American politician and economist who has previously served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from the 34th district. He was an economics professor at Brigham Young University–Idaho and is now president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation,a conservative think tank. He is part of the far-right faction of the Idaho Republican Party.
John Thomas Ahlquist III is an American businessman,commercial real-estate developer,and retired physician from Idaho. He is the CEO of the development firm,Ball Ventures Ahlquist (BVA) and founder and medical director of MN Solutions. Prior to that,he was the COO of the Gardner Company where he helped develop projects like the Eighth &Main building and City Center Plaza in downtown Boise. He was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for Governor of Idaho in the 2018 Idaho gubernatorial election.
