C. A. Bottolfsen

Encyclopedia : C : CA : CAB : C. A. Bottolfsen

Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen (born October 10, 1891 in Superior, Wisconsin - died July 18, 1964 in Boise, Idaho) was a politician from Idaho. He served as governor of Idaho from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1943 to 1945. He was a member of the Idaho Republican Party.

Bottolfsen worked as a newspaper publisher. He served in the Idaho House of Representatives and was elected speaker in 1931. He also chaired the Idaho Republican Party from 1937 to 1938. Bottolfsen is one of only two people in Idaho history to serve non-consecutive terms as governor (Cecil Andrus is the other).

Bottolfsen ran for United States Senate in 1944 but was defeated by Glen H. Taylor.

|- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;"

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.