14 Facts About Terry Crapo

Terry Lavelle Crapo was an American attorney, educator, and Republican Party politician who served in the Idaho House of Representatives for six years, and as majority leader from 1968 to 1972.

Terry Crapo had led the legislature as the first state to adopt the Uniform Probate Code.

Terry Crapo died from leukemia ten years after retiring from the Idaho House.

Terry L Crapo was the oldest of four brothers and two sisters in a large Mormon family and attended local schools.

Terry Crapo was 12 years older than his brother Michael Crapo.

Terry Crapo went east to study law, graduating from Harvard Law School in 1963.

Terry Crapo graduated second in his class, and served as Associate Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Terry Crapo became a Republican Party member and continued in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In 1966 through 1972, Terry Crapo served in the Idaho State House, where he was elected as Majority Leader and serving from 1968 through 1972.

Terry Crapo led Idaho to be the first state to enact the Uniform Probate Code.

In 1974 Terry Crapo began as a visiting professor at Brigham Young University, teaching classes in estate planning: document drafting, wills, federal estate and gift tax, and advance estate planning.

Terry Crapo continued to teach at BYU until his death from leukemia in 1982.

Terry Crapo was a member of the Idaho State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, and a Fellow of the American College of Probate Counsel.

Terry Crapo was elected as a US Congressman and, in 1998, as United States Senator from Idaho.