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. The current secretary of state is Phil McGrane.

Duties of the secretary of state

Electoral The secretary is responsible for the administration of elections and regulation of lobbying and campaign finance.

Economic The secretary's office registers business entities,Idaho Business Entities files liens under the Uniform Commercial Code, and registers trademarks and service marks within the state.

Administrative and governmental The secretary is the keeper of the Great Seal of Idaho, and as such is responsible for licensing notaries public, as well as authenticating documents and issuing apostilles. The secretary's office also provides information and publications to the general public, including the Idaho Blue Book, and is also an ex officio member of the Idaho Code Commission.Idaho Publications The secretary also administers the Idaho Will Registry, the Idaho Health Care Directive Registry (for such documents as living wills and medical powers of attorney), and the state's Address Confidentiality Program.

List of secretaries of state of Idaho Party designations: (R) = Republican; (D) = Democrat; (S.R.) = Silver Republican

+ Territorial government (1863–1890) Name Appointed William B. Daniels October 3, 1863 C. DeWitt Smith April 7, 1864 Horace G. Gilson April 9, 1865 S.R. Howlett July 26, 1866 Edward J. Curtis April 5, 1869, reappointed May 2, 1874 Robert A. Sidebotham April 29, 1878 Theodore F. Singiser December 22, 1880 Edward L. Curtis March 3, 1883 D. P. B. Pride February 7, 1884 Edward J. Curtis December 2, 1885, reappointed December 2, 1889

+ State government (1890 through present) Name/Party Term of office Remarks A.J. Pinkham (R) May 1, 1891, to February 1, 1893 Elected 1890 J.F. Curtis (R) February 1, 1893, to July 1, 1895 Elected 1892 Isaac W. Garrett (R) July 1, 1895, to April 1, 1897 Elected 1894 George Lewis (P-D) April 1, 1897, to February 1, 1899 Elected 1896 M.A. Patrie (R) February 1, 1899, to July 1, 1901 Elected 1898 Charles Bassett (S.R.-D) July 1, 1901, to May 1, 1903 Elected 1900 Will H. Gibson (R) May 1, 1903, to July 1, 1907 Elected 1902; reelected 1904 Robert Lansdon (R) July 1, 1907, to February 1, 1911 Elected 1906; reelected 1908 Wilford L. Gifford (R) February 1, 1911, to April 1, 1915 Elected 1910; reelected 1912 George R. Barker (R) April 1, 1915, to January 1, 1917 Elected 1914 William T. Dougherty (D) January 1, 1917, to June 1, 1919 Elected 1916 Robert O. Jones (R) June 1, 1919, to January 1, 1923 Elected 1918; reelected 1920 F.A. Jeter (R) January 1, 1923, to March 1, 1927 Elected 1922; reelected 1924 Fred E. Lukens (R) March 1, 1927, to February 1, 1933 Elected 1926; reelected 1928, 1930 Franklin Girard (D) February 1, 1933, to March 1, 1937 Elected 1932; reelected 1934 Ira H. Masters (D) March 1, 1937, to February 1, 1939 Elected 1936 George H. Curtis (D) February 1, 1939, to January 1, 1945 Elected 1938; reelected 1940, 1942 Ira H. Masters (D) January 1, 1945, to June 1, 1947 Elected 1944 J.D. (Cy) Price (R) June 1, 1947, to January 1, 1951 Elected 1946 Ira H. Masters (D) January 1, 1951, to February 19, 1956 Elected 1950; reelected 1954; died in office James H. Young (R) February 27, 1956, to May 1, 1959 Appointed to fill vacancy Arnold Williams (D) May 1, 1959, to March 29, 1966 Elected 1958; reelected 1962; resigned March 29, 1966 Louis E. Clapp (D) March 29, 1966, to February 1, 1967 Appointed to fill vacancy Edson Deal (R) February 1, 1967, to April 22, 1967 Elected 1966; died in office Pete T. Cenarrusa (R) January 5, 1967, to June 1, 2003 Appointed to fill vacancy; Elected 1970; reelected 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 Ben Ysursa (R) June 1, 2003, to May 1, 2015 Elected 2002; reelected 2006, 2010 Lawerence Denney (R) May 1, 2015, to January 2, 2023 Elected 2014; reelected 2018 Phil McGrane (R) January 2, 2023 Elected 2022

Secretary of State of Idaho

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