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Robert Ailshie

Robert Ailshie

American lawyer

Robert Ailshie (February 16, 1908 – November 16, 1947)[1] was an American attorney and politician from Idaho who served as the state's 20th attorney general for less than eleven months in 1947.[2][3] His father, James Ailshie (1868–1947), was a justice on the Idaho Supreme Court for 24 years, with several stints as chief justice.[4]

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Personal life

Elected attorney general in November 1946,[5][6] Ailshie died at age 39 of a heart attack at home; his mother had died a week earlier and his father less than six months prior.[7][8] His brother James Jr. (1900–1938), a former U.S. attorney, also died of a heart attack in his late thirties, nearly a decade earlier.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Political Graveyard: Lawyer Politicians in Idaho". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  2. [2]
    Cox, Thomas R. (2011-04-21). The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80066-0.
  3. [3]
    General, Idaho Office of the Attorney (1945). Attorney General's Biennial Report.
  4. [4]
    "Idaho Attorney-General Robert Ailshie Succumbs". Idaho Statesman. (Boise). November 17, 1947. p. 1.
  5. [5]
    "GOP nears House control in landslide". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 6, 1946. p. 1.
  6. [6]
    "Idaho GOP landslide like Democrat in '32". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 7, 1946. p. 1.
  7. [7]
    "Attorney General Robert Ailshie dead of heart attack at home". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1947.
  8. [8]
    "Robert Ailshie taken by death". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 17, 1947. p. 1.
  9. [9]
    "James Ailshie, Jr., summoned by death". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 11, 1938. p. 2.


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