Arnold Williams served as the 21st Governor of Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

 from 1945 until 1947.

Williams was born in Fillmore

Fillmore, Utah

Fillmore is a city in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,253 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Millard County. It is named for the thirteenth US President Millard Fillmore....

, Utah. He was elected as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the State of Idaho. According to the Idaho Constitution, the lieutenant governor is elected to a four-year term....

 in 1944. He became governor in November 1945 to finish the unexpired term of Charles C. Gossett

Charles C. Gossett

Charles Clinton Gossett was the 20th Governor of Idaho and United States Senator from Idaho.-Biography:...

, who resigned and was subsequently appointed by Williams to the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 seat left vacant by the death of John W. Thomas

John W. Thomas

John W. Thomas was an American Politician. A Republican, he served on two occasions as a United States Senator from Idaho, both times appointed after his predecessor died in office.-Early life:...

. Williams became the state's first Mormon

Mormon

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 governor.

Williams was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1946. He was defeated by Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 C. A. Robins

C. A. Robins

Charles Armington Robins was the 22nd Governor of Idaho.Elected in 1946, Robins was the first person elected to a four-year term as Governor of Idaho; all previous governors had been elected to two-year terms.Prior to serving as governor Robins was a member of the Idaho State Senate from 1939 to...

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Later Williams was elected Secretary of State of Idaho

Secretary of State of Idaho

The Secretary of State of Idaho is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is an elected position within the executive branch of the state government...

, serving in that position from 1959 to 1966.

Williams died in Rexburg, Idaho

Rexburg, Idaho

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 17,257 people, 4,274 households, and 2,393 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,534.4 people per square mile . There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 928.4 per square mile...

, and is buried in Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery in Idaho Falls

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Idaho Falls is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the largest city in Eastern Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 130,374....

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