H. Westerman Whillock served on two occasions as mayor of Boise

Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...

, Idaho

Idaho

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, in the 1940s.

Whillock was first elected mayor

Mayor

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 in 1941. An officer in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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, he resigned in May 1942 after being called to active duty during World War II

World War II

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. Whillock returned to Boise at war's end.

Whillock became mayor again in 1946. He was appointed to finish the term of Sam S. Griffin

Sam S. Griffin

Samuel S. Griffin served briefly as mayor of Boise, Idaho, in 1945 and 1946.Griffin succeeded Austin Walker, who died in office in October 1945. Griffin resigned four months later and was succeeded by former mayor H. W. Whillock.-Sources:**...

, who resigned.