James P. Pope
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| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Thomas |
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| Succeeded by | D. Worth Clark |
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| Born | March 31, 1884 Jonesboro, Louisiana |
| Died | January 23, 1966 (aged 81) Alexandria, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
James Pinckney Pope (born March 31, 1884 in Jonesboro, Louisiana – died January 23, 1966 in Alexandria, Virginia) was a mayor of Boise, Idaho, and a United States Senator from Idaho.
Pope graduated from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1906 and from the law department of the University of Chicago in 1909. He then moved to Boise, Idaho, to practice law, and served as city attorney of Boise, assistant attorney general of Idaho, and a member of the board of education of Boise.
Pope served as mayor of Boise from 1929 to 1933. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1932, defeating Republican incumbent John W. Thomas. In 1938 Pope was defeated for reelection in the Democratic primary by Congressman D. Worth Clark. Before he was a member of the Nye Committee.
In 1939 Pope was appointed a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served in that capacity until 1951. He continued to practice law and serve on several boards in Tennessee after that.
Pope was buried in Knoxville, Tennessee.
| Preceded by Walter F. Hansen |
Mayor of Boise, Idaho 1929–1933 |
Succeeded by Ross Cady |
| Preceded by Chase A. Clark |
Democratic Party nominee, U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Idaho 1932 (won) |
Succeeded by D. Worth Clark |
| Preceded by John W. Thomas |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Idaho March 4, 1933–January 3, 1939 Served alongside: William E. Borah |
Succeeded by D. Worth Clark |
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| United States Senators from Idaho |  |
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| Class 2: Shoup • Dubois • Borah • Thomas • Gossett • Dworshak • Miller • Dworshak • Jordan • McClure • Craig Class 3: McConnell • Dubois • Heitfeld • Heyburn • Perky • Brady • Nugent • Gooding • Thomas • Pope • Clark • Taylor • Welker • Church • Symms • Kempthorne • Crapo |
