| | '''Henry Clarence Dworshak, Jr.''' (August 29, 1894 – July 23, 1962) was an editor, publisher,<ref>[https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zp5d99 Dworshak, Henry C. (Henry Clarence), 1894-1962]. ''Social Networks and Archival Context''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> and [[Republican]] from [[Idaho]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from the mid-1940s until his death in office at 1962. Part of the strongly [[conservative]] wing of the GOP,<ref>July 24, 1962. [https://www.nytimes.com/1962/07/24/archives/henry-dworshak-of-senate-is-dead-idaho-republican-67-was-a-leader.html HENRY DWORSHAK OF SENATE IS DEAD; Idaho Republican, 67, Was a Leader of Conservative Bloc]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> he previously representing the second congressional district in the House of Representatives for several terms. | | '''Henry Clarence Dworshak, Jr.''' (August 29, 1894 – July 23, 1962) was an editor, publisher,<ref>[https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zp5d99 Dworshak, Henry C. (Henry Clarence), 1894-1962]. ''Social Networks and Archival Context''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> and [[Republican]] from [[Idaho]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from the mid-1940s until his death in office at 1962. Part of the strongly [[conservative]] wing of the GOP,<ref>July 24, 1962. [https://www.nytimes.com/1962/07/24/archives/henry-dworshak-of-senate-is-dead-idaho-republican-67-was-a-leader.html HENRY DWORSHAK OF SENATE IS DEAD; Idaho Republican, 67, Was a Leader of Conservative Bloc]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> he previously representing the second congressional district in the House of Representatives for several terms. |
| | An ally of [[Joseph McCarthy]], Dworshak was narrowly elected to the United States Senate in the 1950 special election over Democrat Claude J. Burtenshaw,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49580 ID US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> who attacked him as being insufficiently [[anti-Communist]] over his vote against the [[Marshall Plan]] in addition to opposing foreign aid for [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]].<ref name=boisestateuniversity>[https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/mccarthy-era-idaho/ The McCarthy Era in Idaho]. ''Boise State University''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> This was following an even more narrow defeat in a regular Senate race two years prior against Democrat Bert H. Miller.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49581 ID US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> | | An ally of [[Joseph McCarthy]], Dworshak was narrowly elected to the United States Senate in the 1950 special election over Democrat Claude J. Burtenshaw,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49580 ID US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> who attacked him as being insufficiently [[anti-Communist]] over his vote against the [[Marshall Plan]] in addition to opposing foreign aid for [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]].<ref name=boisestateuniversity>[https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/mccarthy-era-idaho/ The McCarthy Era in Idaho]. ''Boise State University''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> This was following an even more narrow defeat in a regular Senate race two years prior against Democrat Bert H. Miller.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49581 ID US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> |