Career
He was a three-term state senator of Idaho, then served two terms as State Chairman of Democrats for Ronald Reagan in 1984. He also was county coroner for three terms in Bonneville County, Idaho. After moving to Idaho Falls, Idaho and attending Idaho Falls High School, he enlisted with the United States Navy.
He then briefly returned to Idaho before serving a Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Mission in Northern California and Oregon.
Returning 1949. He was shortly married after.
