Robert Ailshie | |
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20th Attorney General of Idaho | |
In office January 6 – November 16, 1947 | |
Preceded by | Frank Langley |
Succeeded by | Robert E. Smylie |
Personal details | |
Born | February 16, 1908 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Died | November 16, 1947 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | (aged 39)
Resting place | Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho |
Political party | Republican |
Relations | James F. Ailshie (father) |
Education |
University of Idaho (
BA) Harvard University ( LLB) |
Robert Ailshie (February 16, 1908 – November 16, 1947) [1] was an American attorney and politician from Idaho who served as the state's 20th attorney general for less than eleven months in 1947. [2] [3] His father, James Ailshie (1868–1947), was a justice on the Idaho Supreme Court for 24 years, with several stints as chief justice. [4]
Elected attorney general in November 1946, [5] [6] Ailshie died at age 39 of a heart attack at home; his mother had died a week earlier and his father less than six months prior. [7] [8] His brother James Jr. (1900–1938), a former U.S. attorney, also died of a heart attack in his late thirties, nearly a decade earlier. [9]
Robert Ailshie | |
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20th Attorney General of Idaho | |
In office January 6 – November 16, 1947 | |
Preceded by | Frank Langley |
Succeeded by | Robert E. Smylie |
Personal details | |
Born | February 16, 1908 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Died | November 16, 1947 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | (aged 39)
Resting place | Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho |
Political party | Republican |
Relations | James F. Ailshie (father) |
Education |
University of Idaho (
BA) Harvard University ( LLB) |
Robert Ailshie (February 16, 1908 – November 16, 1947) [1] was an American attorney and politician from Idaho who served as the state's 20th attorney general for less than eleven months in 1947. [2] [3] His father, James Ailshie (1868–1947), was a justice on the Idaho Supreme Court for 24 years, with several stints as chief justice. [4]
Elected attorney general in November 1946, [5] [6] Ailshie died at age 39 of a heart attack at home; his mother had died a week earlier and his father less than six months prior. [7] [8] His brother James Jr. (1900–1938), a former U.S. attorney, also died of a heart attack in his late thirties, nearly a decade earlier. [9]