Weldon Heyburn

Weldon Brinton Heyburn was an American politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho. The town of Heyburn, Idaho, is named after him. A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boise Largest city Boise Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 14th 216,632 km² 491 km 771 km 0. ... Heyburn is a city located in Minidoka County, Idaho. ...

Early life

Heyburn was born near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on May 23, 1852. He attended the public schools there, and later Maplewood Institute, Concordville, Pennsylvania, and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania is a small township 30 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Delaware County. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself; UPenn is also common) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

Legal Career

He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876, when he commenced practice in Media, Pennsylvania. Later he moved to Shoshone County, Idaho in 1883 and continued the practice of law in Wallace. Heyburn was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the State of Idaho in 1889. 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Media is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 12 miles (19 km) west of Philadelphia, in a fertile and picturesque region. ... Shoshone County is a county located in the state of Idaho. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Wallace is a city located in Shoshone County, Idaho. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Political career

Heyburn was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress, but was elected in 1903 as a Republican to the United States Senate and was reelected in 1908. He served from March 4, 1903, until his death in Washington, D.C. on October 17, 1912. In the Senate he served as chairman on the Committee on Manufactures (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-second Congresses). Heyburn was intered in Lafayette Cemetery, near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... // Dates of Sessions March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1901 Major Political Events Vice President Garret A. Hobart had died right before the convening of the first session so William P. Frye served as acting President Pro Tempore Officers Senate President Pro Tempore William P. Frye Senate Republican Conference Chairman... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Dates of Sessions 1903-1905 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from November 9, 1903 to December 7, 1903. ... // Dates of Sessions 1911-1913 Major Political Events New Mexico was admitted to the Union on 6 January 1912; Arizona was admitted on 14 February 1912, the last of the 48 contiguous states to join the Union. ...

Sources

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress