James Pinckney Pope

Education

Born in Jonesboro, Louisiana, Pope graduated from Louisiana Industrial Institute (now Louisiana Technical University) in Ruston in 1906 and from the University of Chicago Law School in 1909.

Career

He was mayor of Boise for four years and a one-term United States Senator, serving from 1933 to 1939. Pope was mayor of Boise from 1929 to 1933. He was elected as a Democrat to the in 1932, defeating Republican incumbent John West. Thomas of Gooding.

Pope was a stalwart of the Roosevelt administration and the New Deal, and it was suggested that Idaho"s senior senator William Borah, the dean of the United States. Senate, felt upstaged at times and had a hand in Pope"s loss to the more conservative Clark in the August primary.

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In 1939, Pope was appointed a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority by President Roosevelt and served in that capacity until 1951. He continued to practice law and serve on several boards in Tennessee after that.

Pope relocated to Alexandria, Virginia, in 1963 and died there at age 81 in 1966. They had two sons, Ross P. Pope and George A. Pope.

Achievements

• In 1938, he was defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary by Congressman D. Worth Clark of Pocatello, who went on to win the general election.

Membership

He was admitted to the bar then moved west to Idaho to practice law in Boise, and served as city attorney, assistant attorney general of Idaho, and a member of the board of education of Boise. From 1934-1936, Pope was a member of the Nye Committee.

Connections

Father:

Jesse T. Pope

Mother:

Lou (McBride) Pope

Spouse:

Pauline Ruth Horn

child:

George A. Began practice at Boise Pope

child:

Ida Pope

child:

Ross P. Pope