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'''Cecil Dale Andrus''' (August 25, 1931 &ndash; August 24, 2017) wasthe 26th and 28th [[Governor]] of his adopted state of [[Idaho]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he served fourteen years in nonconsecutive terms between 1967 and 1995. He resigned as governor on January 23, 1977, to become the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. He returned to the governorship in 1987 after winning the 1986 [[general election]].<ref name=waposhsm>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cecil-andrus-defender-of-alaskas-wilderness-as-carters-interior-secretary-dies-at-85/2017/08/25/bdc4eb4c-89a0-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html?deferJs=true&outputType=default-article |publisher=''[[Washington Post]]''|author=Harrison Smith|title=Cecil Andrus, defender of Alaska's wilderness as Carter's interior secretary, dies at 85 |date=August 25, 2017|accessdate=September 9, 2021}}</ref>  

'''Cecil Dale Andrus''' (August 25, 1931 &ndash; August 24, 2017) wasthe 26th and 28th [[Governor]] of his adopted state of [[Idaho]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he served fourteen years in nonconsecutive terms between 1967 and 1995. He resigned as governor on January 23, 1977, to become the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. He returned to the governorship in 1987 after winning the 1986 [[general election]].<ref name=waposhsm>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cecil-andrus-defender-of-alaskas-wilderness-as-carters-interior-secretary-dies-at-85/2017/08/25/bdc4eb4c-89a0-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html?deferJs=true&outputType=default-article |publisher=''[[Washington Post]]''|author=Harrison Smith|title=Cecil Andrus, defender of Alaska's wilderness as Carter's interior secretary, dies at 85 |date=August 25, 2017|accessdate=September 9, 2021}}</ref>  

Andrus lost his first bid for governor in 1966, having been defeated by the [[conservative]]  [[Don Samuelson]], who had won the Republican [[primary]] over the more moderate [[Robert E. Smylie]]. Andrus unseated Samuelson in 1970, when Carter was elected to his only term as governor of [[Georgia]]. Andrus was elected again in 1974, 1986, and 1990. His fourteen years as governor is the most in state history, and he is the last Democrat to serve as governor since 1995.

Andrus lost his first bid for governor in 1966, having been defeated by the [[conservative]]  [[Don Samuelson]], who had won the Republican [[primary]] over the more moderate [[Robert E. Smylie]]. Andrus unseated Samuelson in 1970, when Carter was elected to his only term as governor of [[Georgia]]. Andrus was elected again in 1974, 1986, and 1990. His fourteen years as governor is the most in state history, and he is the last Democrat to serve as governor since 1995.

Andrus was born in Hood River, [[Oregon]], a port on the [[Columbia River]] named for the nearby Hood River. He was the middle of three children of Hal Stephen Andrus (1906-2004) and the former Dorothy May Johnson (1919-1982). For a time, he lived on a farm without electricity near Junction City, Oregon. the family later moved to Eugene, Oregon, home of the [[University of Oregon]]. Andrus graduated from high school in Eugene but attended [[Oregon State University]] in Corvallis in the northwestern portion of the state. He served in the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Korean War]] and the [[Cold War]]. <ref name=findagrave>Cecil Dale Andrus (1931-2017) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 9, 2021.</ref>

Andrus was born in Hood River, [[Oregon]], a port on the Columbia River named for the nearby Hood River. He was the middle of three children of Hal Stephen Andrus (1906-2004) and the former Dorothy May Johnson (1919-1982). For a time, he lived on a farm without electricity near Junction City, Oregon. the family later moved to Eugene, Oregon, home of the [[University of Oregon]]. Andrus graduated from high school in Eugene but attended [[Oregon State University]] in Corvallis in the northwestern portion of the state. He served in the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Korean War]] and the [[Cold War]]. <ref name=findagrave>Cecil Dale Andrus (1931-2017) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 9, 2021.</ref>

A strong [[conservation]]ist, Andrus is honored by the naming of the Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area in Washington County on Hell's Canyon of the Snake River. In 2018, the Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds Wildernes] was renamed for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/letters-om-the-west/article206451719.html|title=Andrus spent his life protecting this iconic Idaho wilderness; now it will carry his name|publisher=''Idaho Statesman''|author=Rocky Barker|date=March 22, 2018|accessdate=September 9, 2021}}</ref>  

A strong [[conservation]]ist, Andrus is honored by the naming of the Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area in Washington County on Hell's Canyon of the Snake River. In 2018, the Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds Wildernes] was renamed for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/letters-om-the-west/article206451719.html|title=Andrus spent his life protecting this iconic Idaho wilderness; now it will carry his name|publisher=''Idaho Statesman''|author=Rocky Barker|date=March 22, 2018|accessdate=September 9, 2021}}</ref>  

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