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==Background==
==Background==
Symms was born in Nampa, the largest city in Canyon County, Idaho. He graduated in 1956 from Caldwell High School in Caldwell, the county seat located like Nampa within the metropolitan district of the capital city of [[Boise]]. He then studied [[horticulture]] at the University of Idaho in Moscow, at which he played [[football]] with the Idaho Vandals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1960/259|publisher=''Gem of the Mountains'' (University of Idaho yearbook)|title=Football|year=1960|page=255|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref> In 1960, he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree and then served from 1960 to 1963 in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during the [[Cold War]]. He then worked as a private pilot and grew [[apple]]s on his farm. From 1969 to 1972, he edited ''The Idaho Compass,'' a [[newspaper]] apparently no longer in publication.
Symms was born in Nampa, the largest city in Canyon County, Idaho. He graduated in 1956 from Caldwell High School in Caldwell, the county seat located like Nampa within the metropolitan district of the capital city of [[Boise]]. He then studied [[horticulture]] at the University of Idaho in Moscow, at which he played [[football]] with the Idaho Vandals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1960/259|publisher=''Gem of the Mountains'' (University of Idaho yearbook)|title=Football|year=1960|page=255|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref> In 1960, he received a Bachelor of Science degree and then served from 1960 to 1963 in the [[United States Marine Corps]] during the [[Cold War]]. He then worked as a private pilot and grew [[apple]]s on his farm. From 1969 to 1972, he edited ''The Idaho Compass,'' a [[newspaper]] apparently no longer in publication.
In August 1959, Symms married his college sweetheart, Frances Eugenia "Fran" Stockdale of [[Helena]], [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1959/304|publisher=''Gem of the Mountains,'' University of Idaho yearbook|title=Seniors|year=1959|page=300}}</ref>They had a son and three daughters. Following his re-election in 1986, the couple separated,and were divorced in 1990. Symms in 1992 married the former Loretta Mathes Fuller, a former aide and later the U.S. Senate deputy sergeant at arms. The first Mrs. Symms resides in Boise.
In August 1959, Symms married his college sweetheart, Frances Eugenia "Fran" Stockdale of [[Helena]], [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1959/304|publisher=''Gem of the Mountains,'' University of Idaho yearbook|title=Seniors|year=1959|page=300}}</ref>They had a son and three daughters. Following his re-election in 1986, the couple separated,and were divorced in 1990. Symms in 1992 married the former Loretta Mathes Fuller, a former aide and later the U.S. Senate deputy sergeant at arms. The first Mrs. Symms resides in Boise.
Symms is a cousin of [[Oregon]]'s Republican former U.S. Representative Dennis Alan "Denny" Smith, who is three months Symms' senior.
Symms is a cousin of [[Oregon]]'s Republican former U.S. Representative Dennis Alan "Denny" Smith, who is three months Symms' senior.
==Career==
==Career==