Everything about Gracie Pfost totally explained
Gracie Bowers Pfost (born
March 12,
1906 in
Harrison,
Arkansas – died
August 11,
1965 in
Baltimore,
Maryland) was the first woman to represent
Idaho in the
United States Congress, serving five terms as a
Democrat in the
House of Representatives. Pfost represented the state's
First Congressional District.
Biography
Pfost moved with her parents to a farm near
Boise, Idaho, in
1911. She graduated from Link's Business University in Boise in 1929.
After graduation, Pfost took up work as a
chemist for a
milk company. She entered politics in
Canyon County and held several positions in county government between
1929 and
1951, including deputy county clerk, auditor, recorder of deeds and county treasurer. She also served as an Idaho delegate to all
Democratic National Conventions between
1944 and
1960.
In
1950, Pfost ran for Congress, but lost to
Republican John Travers Wood. In
1952, she ran again, defeating former Congressman
Compton I. White, Sr. in the Democratic primary and Wood in the general election. Pfost was reelected in
1954,
1956,
1958 and
1960.
In
1962, Pfost was the Democratic nominee in a special
Senate election to replace the late
Henry Dworshak, but was narrowly defeated by the appointed Republican incumbent, former Governor
Len Jordan 51%-49%.
After leaving the House in
1963, Pfost worked in the
Federal Housing Administration as a special assistant on housing for the
elderly, until her death at Johns Hopkins Hospital two years later the age of 59.
Pfost is buried in
Meridian Idaho.
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