Henry Dworshak

Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894 – July 23, 1962) was a United States senator and congressman from Idaho. Originally from Minnesota, he was a Republican from Burley, and served over 22 years in the House and Senate.

Early years Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Dworshak attended its local public schools and learned the printer's trade. During the First World War, he served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Fourth Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion in the American Expeditionary Forces. After the war, Dworshak managed a printing supply business in Duluth.

He moved west in 1924 to Burley, Idaho, to become the publisher and editor of the Burley Bulletin, a semi-weekly newspaper in Cassia County. Dworshak became a public figure when he was elected president of the Idaho Editorial Association in 1931, and he was a prominent member of the American Legion and Rotary International. He was also a member of the Elks and a freemason.

Congress House Dworshak ran for Congress in 1936 in Idaho's 2nd district, but did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

Source: ^Dworshak was appointed to the vacant seat in November 1946 and October 1949

Death Dworshak died in office of a heart attack on July 23, 1962, at his home in Washington, D.C., His obituary described him as "...a staunchly conservative voice on Capitol Hill..." He was succeeded by former governor Len B. Jordan, who served until January 1973.

Legacy Dworshak Dam on the North Fork of the Clearwater River, near Orofino in northern Idaho Dworshak Elementary School in Burley