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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Alan G. Lance, Bill Sali, Branden Durst, Brent Crane, Brian Cronin, Butch Otter, Carlos Bilbao, Charles C. Gossett, Charles C. Moore, Chase A. Clark, Cherie Buckner-Webb, Christy Perry, Clifford Bayer, Clint Stennett, Darrell Bolz, David H. Bieter, David Langhorst, Dell Raybould, Dennis Lake, Donald A. Callahan, Donna Pence, Elaine Smith (Idaho politician), Elfreda Higgins, Eric Anderson (politician), Erik Simpson, F. Melvin Hammond, Frank Henderson (Idaho politician), Frank Steunenberg, Fred Wood (politician), Gary Collins (Idaho politician), Gayle Batt, George Eskridge, Grant Burgoyne, H. C. Baldridge, Hamer H. Budge, Jack Hawley, James Patrick (politician), Janice McGeachin, Jeffrey Thompson (politician), Jeff Nesset, Jim D. Hansen, Jim Guthrie (politician), Jim Marriott, JoAn Wood, Joe Palmer (politician), John Stevenson (Idaho politician), John Tippets, John Vander Woude, Judy Boyle, Julie Ellsworth, Kathleen Sims, Ken Andrus, Ken Roberts (politician), L. Edward Brown, Larry Echo Hawk, Larry Jackson, Lenore Barrett, Leon E. Smith, Les Bock, Lewis H. Sweetser, Linden B. Bateman, Lynn Luker, Mack G. Shirley, Marc Gibbs, Marge Chadderdon, Mark A. Snodgrass, Marv Hagedorn, Maxine Bell, Max Black (politician), Mike Moyle, Nicole LeFavour, Orval H. Hansen, Paul Shepherd (politician), Pete Nielsen, Phil Batt, Phil Hart (politician), Phylis King, R.J. Harwood, Raul Labrador, Reed DeMordaunt, Richard Wills (politician), Robert Nonini, Ron J. Twilegar, Roy Lacey, Scott Bedke, Shannon McMillan, Sharon L. Block, Shirley McKague, Shirley Ringo, Stephen Hartgen, Steven Thayn, Susan Chew, Terry Crapo, Thomas C. Stanford, Thomas Loertscher, Thomas Trail, Vito Barbieri, Wendy Jaquet, William Budge, William Denman Eberle, William Killen (Idaho politician). Excerpt: Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is the 32nd and current Governor of Idaho since January 2007 and is a member of the Republican Party. Otter previously represented the state's First Congressional District. Otter was the longest serving Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, holding office from 1987-2001. He is the first Idahoan since statehood to win elections as both a United States Representative and as governor. He is the third Catholic to serve as governor of Idaho and the first to win election since James H. Hawley in 1910. Butch Otter was born into a small family of limited means. His father was a journeyman electrician and the family lived in many rural locations in the Midwest & Western U.S. during his youth, attending 15 different schools. He graduated from St. Teresa's Academy (now Bishop Kelly High School) in Boise in 1962. Otter was 20 when he graduated from high school- a childhood accident involving gasoline badly burned his younger brother and forced Otter to take a year off. Otter worked throughout high school as a janitor, theater ticket taker, and lawn boy. "My dad graduated from high school. My expectations weren't built beyond being a good electrician or carpenter." Otter briefly attended St. Martin's Abbey in Lacey, Washington, with an aim to becoming a priest. He attended the school primarily because of his father's opinion that "unless you were going to be a priest, you didn't need to go beyond high school." Deciding against the priesthood, Otter returned to Idaho and attended Boise Junior College, then earned his B.A. in political science from the College of Idaho in 1967. He was the only member of his family to graduate from college, and made the dean's list in his last term. He served in the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Armored Cavalry from 1968-73. He received specialized training at Fort Knox. His business experience includes 30 years with Simplot International, a leading agribusiness corporation. He started at a low-level posit
