William Edgar Borah

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William Edgar Borah was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Idaho, known for his isolationist foreign policy views and influential role in national politics.

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instanceOf United States senator
human
politician
birthDate 1865-06-29
birthPlace Jasper County, Illinois NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
burialPlace Boise, Idaho NERFINISHED
Morris Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED
candidateIn 1936 Republican Party presidential primaries
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1940-01-19
deathPlace Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
describedBySource United States Congressional Biographical Directory NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Kansas (attended, did not graduate) NERFINISHED
electedIn 1906 United States Senate election NERFINISHED
endTime 1940 (service in U.S. Senate)
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Borah NERFINISHED
givenName William
ideology isolationism
progressivism
knownFor advocacy of non-interventionist foreign policy
leadership among Senate progressives
opposition to United States membership in the League of Nations
opposition to the Treaty of Versailles
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
middleName Edgar NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
nickname The Lion of Idaho NERFINISHED
notableWork influence on 1920s and 1930s U.S. foreign policy debates
occupation lawyer
politician
partOf United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
United States senator
practicedLawIn Boise, Idaho NERFINISHED
reElectedIn 1912 United States Senate election NERFINISHED
1918 United States Senate election
1924 United States Senate election NERFINISHED
1930 United States Senate election NERFINISHED
1936 United States Senate election NERFINISHED
religion Baptist
represented Idaho NERFINISHED
residence Boise, Idaho NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary McConnell Borah NERFINISHED
startTime 1907 (service in U.S. Senate)
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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Borah Peak namedAfter William Edgar Borah