GEORGE LAIRD SHOUP
in 1866, and during the same year established a business at Salmon City, Idaho; since 1866 has been engaged in mining, stock raising, mercantile, and other business in Idaho; was a member of the Territorial legislature during the eighth and tenth sessions; was a delegate to the national Republican convention in 1880; was a member of the Republican national committee from 1880 to 1884; was United States commissioner for Idaho at the World's Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans, La., in 1884–85; was again placed on the Republican national committee in 1888, reëlected in 1892, and again in 1896; was appointed governor of Idaho Territory in March, 1889, which position he held until elected governor of the State of Idaho, October 1, 1890; was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican December 18, 1890, and took his seat December 29, 1890; was reëlected in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.
