Cecil D. Andrus

Cecil Dale Andrus ( born August 25, 1931 in Hood River, Oregon ) is a former American politician, who was under President Jimmy Carter Minister of the Interior of the United States. He was also twice a total of four terms of office Governor of Idaho.

Career

Andrus studied at Oregon State University and was from 1951 to 1955 in the United States Navy. He then moved to Orofino, Idaho. There he joined the Democrats and in 1960, 1962 and 1964 elected to the State Senate.

1966 Andrus wanted to run for governor, but lost in the intra-party primaries narrowly to Charles Herndon. After his death in a plane crash Andrus moved by, but lost the gubernatorial election to Republican Don Samuelson. In 1986 he was again elected to the Senate from Idaho.

1970 Andrus joined again at the election for governor and won this time against Samuelson. In the 1974 election, he was able to defend his position against Jack M. Murphy successfully. From 1976 to 1977, Andrus Chairman of the National Governors Association. In January 1977 he resigned to become minister of the interior 42 of the United States in the Cabinet of newly elected President Jimmy Carter.

As interior minister, Andrus was in charge of the National Wilderness Preservation System. During his tenure, the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act fell. After the end of Carter's presidency in 1981, Andrus returned to Idaho.

After a few years without any political office again in 1986, Andrus was elected governor of Idaho in 1990 and confirmed in the subsequent election to the office. In 1994, he no longer went to.

In 1995 he founded the Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University, 1998, he published his memoirs.

Works

Cecil Andrus, Joel Connelly: Cecil Andrus: Politics Western Style. Sasquatch Books, Seattle 1998, ISBN 978-1-57061-122-3.