Secretary of State of Idaho

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Secretary of State of Idaho
Seal of Idaho.svg
Great Seal of the State of Idaho
Incumbent
Phil McGrane
since January 2, 2023
Style The Honorable
Term length Four years
Inaugural holderA. J. Pinkham
1890
Website Official website

The secretary of state of Idaho is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is an elected position within the executive branch of the state government. The current secretary of state is Phil McGrane.

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Duties of the secretary of state

Electoral

The secretary is responsible for the administration of elections and regulation of lobbying and campaign finance. [1]

Economic

The secretary's office registers business entities, [2] files liens under the Uniform Commercial Code, [3] and registers trademarks and service marks within the state. [4]

Administrative and governmental

The secretary is the keeper of the Great Seal of Idaho, and as such is responsible for licensing notaries public, as well as authenticating documents and issuing apostilles. [5] The secretary's office also provides information and publications to the general public, including the Idaho Blue Book, and is also an ex officio member of the Idaho Code Commission. [6] The secretary also administers the Idaho Will Registry, [7] the Idaho Health Care Directive Registry (for such documents as living wills and medical powers of attorney), [8] and the state's Address Confidentiality Program. [9]

List of secretaries of state of Idaho

Party designations: (R) = Republican; (D) = Democrat; (S.R.) = Silver Republican

Territorial government (1863–1890)
NameAppointed
William B. Daniels October 3, 1863
C. DeWitt SmithApril 7, 1864
Horace G. GilsonApril 9, 1865
S.R. HowlettJuly 26, 1866
Edward J. CurtisApril 5, 1869, reappointed May 2, 1874
Robert A. SidebothamApril 29, 1878
Theodore F. SingiserDecember 22, 1880
Edward L. CurtisMarch 3, 1883
D. P. B. Pride February 7, 1884
Edward J. CurtisDecember 2, 1885, reappointed December 2, 1889
State government (1890 through present)
Name/PartyTerm of officeRemarks
A.J. Pinkham (R)May 1, 1891, to February 1, 1893Elected 1890
J.F. Curtis (R)February 1, 1893, to July 1, 1895Elected 1892
Isaac W. Garrett (R)July 1, 1895, to April 1, 1897Elected 1894
George Lewis (P-D)April 1, 1897, to February 1, 1899Elected 1896
M.A. Patrie (R)February 1, 1899, to July 1, 1901Elected 1898
Charles Bassett (S.R.-D)July 1, 1901, to May 1, 1903Elected 1900
Will H. Gibson (R)May 1, 1903, to July 1, 1907Elected 1902; reelected 1904
Robert Lansdon (R)July 1, 1907, to February 1, 1911Elected 1906; reelected 1908
Wilford L. Gifford (R)February 1, 1911, to April 1, 1915Elected 1910; reelected 1912
George R. Barker (R)April 1, 1915, to January 1, 1917Elected 1914
William T. Dougherty (D)January 1, 1917, to June 1, 1919Elected 1916
Robert O. Jones (R)June 1, 1919, to January 1, 1923Elected 1918; reelected 1920
F.A. Jeter (R)January 1, 1923, to March 1, 1927Elected 1922; reelected 1924
Fred E. Lukens (R)March 1, 1927, to February 1, 1933Elected 1926; reelected 1928, 1930
Franklin Girard (D)February 1, 1933, to March 1, 1937Elected 1932; reelected 1934
Ira H. Masters (D)March 1, 1937, to February 1, 1939Elected 1936
George H. Curtis (D)February 1, 1939, to January 1, 1945Elected 1938; reelected 1940, 1942
Ira H. Masters (D)January 1, 1945, to June 1, 1947Elected 1944
J.D. (Cy) Price (R)June 1, 1947, to January 1, 1951Elected 1946 [10]
Ira H. Masters (D)January 1, 1951, to February 19, 1956Elected 1950; reelected 1954; died in office
James H. Young (R)February 27, 1956, to May 1, 1959Appointed to fill vacancy
Arnold Williams (D)May 1, 1959, to March 29, 1966Elected 1958; reelected 1962; resigned March 29, 1966
Louis E. Clapp (D)March 29, 1966, to February 1, 1967Appointed to fill vacancy
Edson H. Deal (R)February 1, 1967, to April 22, 1967Elected 1966; died in office
Pete T. Cenarrusa (R)January 5, 1967, to June 1, 2003Appointed to fill vacancy; Elected 1970; reelected 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
Ben Ysursa (R)June 1, 2003, to May 1, 2015Elected 2002; reelected 2006, 2010
Lawerence Denney (R)May 1, 2015, to January 2, 2023Elected 2014; reelected 2018
Phil McGrane (R)January 2, 2023Elected 2022

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References

  1. "Elections Division". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  2. Idaho Business Entities
  3. "Uniform Commercial Code". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  4. "Trademarks & Service Marks". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  5. "Notaries, Apostilles, & Authentications". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  6. Idaho Publications Archived July 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Will Registry". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  8. "Health Care Directive Registry". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  9. "Address Confidentiality Program". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  10. "Price will seek state's top post". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). February 22, 1950. p. 1.