Frank Church

A Senator from Idaho. Born in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, July 25, 1924. Attended the public schools. Graduated from Stanford (Calif. ) University in 1947 and from Stanford Law School in 1950. During the Second World War served in the United States Army and was assigned to Military Intelligence in India, Burma, and China 1942-1946. Admitted to the bar in 1950 and commenced the practice of law in Boise, Idaho. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1956. Reelected in 1962, 1968, and again in 1974 and served from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1981. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980. Chairman, Special Committee on Aging (Ninety-second through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Special Committee on Termination of the National Emergency (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses), Select Committee on Government Intelligence Activities (Ninety-fourth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Ninety-sixth Congress). United States delegate to the twenty-first General Assembly of the United Nations. Resumed the practice of law. Was a resident of Bethesda, Md. , until his death there on April 7, 1984. Interment in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.