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Senate Years of Service: 1973-1991 Party: Republican
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McCLURE, James Albertus, a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Payette, Payette County, Idaho,
December 27, 1924; attended the public schools of Payette, Idaho; United States Navy 1942-1946;
graduated, University of Idaho College of Law 1950; admitted to the bar in 1950 and commenced
practice in Payette, Idaho; prosecuting attorney of Payette County 1950-1956; city attorney of
Payette 1953-1966; member, State senate 1961-1966; member of the Payette County Central
Committee for fifteen years; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress; reelected to the two
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection to the
House of Representatives, but was elected in 1972 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1978 and
again in 1984 and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1991; not a candidate for reelection in
1990; chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth
Congresses), Senate Republican Conference chairman (1981-1985); engaged in mining consulting
business in Washington, DC; is a resident of McCall, Idaho.
BibliographyMcClure, James. Energy: A Positive Approach. In A Changing America: Conservatives View the 80s from the United States Senate,
edited by Paul Laxalt and Richard S. Williamson, pp. 81-102. South Bend, IN: Regnery/Gateway,
1980.
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