Henry Clarence Dworshak (August 29, 1894 July 23, 1962) was a Republican

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 United States Representative

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 and a United States Senator

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 from Idaho

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Born in Duluth

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, Minnesota

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, Dworshak served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Fourth Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion during World War I

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. After the war, he managed a printing supply business in Duluth. In 1920 he moved to Burley, Idaho

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, to become the publisher of the Burley Bulletin.

In 1938 Dworshak won the open House seat in the Idaho Second Congressional District

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. He was reelected in 1940, 1942 and 1944.

In November 1945, Democratic

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 Governor Charles C. Gossett

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 resigned to accept an appointment to the United States Senate to succeed the late John W. Thomas

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. Dworshak defeated state senator George E. Donart

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 in a 1946 special election to complete the term. However, Dworshak was defeated for a full term in the 1948 general election by former Idaho Attorney General Bert H. Miller

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Miller died in October 1949 after only nine months in office. Dworshak was appointed his successor by Republican Governor C. A. Robins

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. Dworshak won a special election in 1950, and was elected to full Senate terms in 1954 and 1960.

A staunch isolationist

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, Dworshak stood unwavering against overseas intervention, especially in United States

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 affairs. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

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Dworshak died in office in 1962. He was succeeded by former Governor Len Jordan

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. The Dworshak Dam

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 on the Clearwater River

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 near Orofino, Idaho

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 and Dworshak Elementary School in Burley, Idaho

Burley, Idaho

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 are named in his honor.

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