Robert Ailshie

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]

Robert Ailshie
20th Attorney General of Idaho
In office
January 6 – November 16, 1947
Preceded byFrank Langley
Succeeded byRobert E. Smylie
Personal details
BornFebruary 16, 1908
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
DiedNovember 16, 1947(1947-11-16) (aged 39)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Resting placeCloverdale Memorial Park,
Boise, Idaho
Political partyRepublican
RelationsJames F. Ailshie (father)
EducationUniversity of Idaho (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

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. "The Political Graveyard: Lawyer Politicians in Idaho". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  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. General, Idaho Office of the Attorney (1945). Attorney General's Biennial Report.
  4. "Idaho Attorney-General Robert Ailshie Succumbs". Idaho Statesman. (Boise). November 17, 1947. p. 1.
  5. "GOP nears House control in landslide". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 6, 1946. p. 1.
  6. "Idaho GOP landslide like Democrat in '32". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 7, 1946. p. 1.
  7. "Attorney General Robert Ailshie dead of heart attack at home". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1947.
  8. "Robert Ailshie taken by death". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 17, 1947. p. 1.
  9. "James Ailshie, Jr., summoned by death". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 11, 1938. p. 2.


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