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Senate Years of Service: 1962-1973 Party: Republican
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JORDAN, Leonard Beck (Len), a Senator from Idaho; born in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah,
May 15, 1899; educated in the public schools of Enterprise, Oreg.; enlisted in
the United States Army during the First World War; graduated from University of
Oregon in 1923; farmer, rancher, businessman, and economic adviser; director of
Circle C Ranch and of the Jordan Motor Co.; resident of Grangeville, Idaho,
1941-1951; member, State legislature 1947-1949; Governor of Idaho 1951-1955;
chairman, International Joint Commission 1955-1957; member, International
Development Advisory Board 1958-1959; appointed on August 6, 1962, as a
Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Henry C. Dworshak; elected November 6, 1962, for remainder of term, ending
January 3, 1967; reelected in 1966 and served from August 6, 1962, to January
2, 1973; was not a candidate for reelection in 1972; was a resident of Boise,
Idaho, until his death there June 30, 1983; interment in Cloverdale Cemetery.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Jordan,
Grace E.
The Unintentional Senator. Boise: Syms-York Co., 1972.
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