O. E. Hailey was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 politician

Politician

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 from 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....

. He served on two occasions as the 16th and 18th 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....

, both during the administration of Governor H. C. Baldridge

H. C. Baldridge

H. Clarence Baldridge was the 14th Governor of Idaho from 1927 until 1931....

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Hailey was elected in 1926 along with Baldridge. He was succeeded as the Republican nominee in 1928 by W. B. Kinne

W. B. Kinne

W. B. Kinne was a Republican politician from Idaho. He served as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho for eight months in 1929 during the administration of Governor H. C. Baldridge. Kinne died in office in September 1929 and was succeeded by O. E. Hailey....

, but returned to the position in October 1929 after Kinne died in office.

Hailey also served in the Idaho Legislature

Idaho Legislature

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. He was a member of the Idaho Senate

Idaho Senate

The Idaho Senate is the upper chamber of the Idaho State Legislature. It consists of 35 Senators elected to two-year terms, each representing a district of the state. The Senate meets at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho.-Composition of the Senate:...

 from 1919 to 1926.