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Irvin E. Rockwell

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Irvin Elmer Rockwell (December 25, 1862 – September 22, 1952) was a member of the Idaho Senate.

Rockwell was born Irvin Elmer Rockwell on Christmas of 1862 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.[1][2] In 1884, he married Mary Luella Searing.[3] They had four children before divorcing. Rockwell worked for the Minneapolis Journal until 1886, when he established an office-supply company in Chicago, and he then relocated to Idaho in 1900.[1] In 1914, he married Lallah Rookh White. They had two children. Rockwell died on September 22, 1952, in Bellevue, Idaho.[1] He was a Christian Scientist.[4]

Career

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Rockwell was a member of the Senate from 1915 to 1919 and again from 1929 to 1930. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916 and 1932.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Irvin E. Rockwell". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. September 23, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Irvin Elmer Rockwell". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  3. ^ Boughton, James (1903). Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1939. New York: W. F. Jones. p. 386.
  4. ^ "Irvin E. Rockwell Papers". Boise State University. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-10-16.