10 Facts About Henry Dworshak

Henry Dworshak moved west in 1924 to Burley, Idaho, to become the publisher and editor of the Burley Bulletin, a semi-weekly newspaper in Cassia County.

Henry Dworshak became a public figure when he was elected president of the Idaho Editorial Association in 1931, and he was a prominent member of the American Legion and Rotary International.

Henry Dworshak was a member of the Elks and a freemason.

Two years later, in 1938, Clark ran for US senator and won, and Henry Dworshak won the open House seat.

Gossett failed to secure the nomination for the special election; Henry Dworshak defeated state senator George Donart in the November 1946 election to complete the term.

Miller died of a heart attack in October 1949 after only nine months in office, and Dworshak was appointed his successor by Republican governor C A Robins.

Henry Dworshak won a special election in 1950, and was elected to full Senate terms in 1954 and 1960.

Henry Dworshak voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, but did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

Source: ^Henry Dworshak was appointed to the vacant seat in November 1946 and October 1949.

Henry Dworshak died in office of a heart attack on July 23,1962, at his home in Washington, DC, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.