Shoup, George L
soldier, merchant, governor, United States senator, was born June 15, 1836, in Kittanning, Pa. He enin Captain Backus's independent company of scouts, and was soon thereafter commissioned second lieutenant, and was commissioned colonel of the third Colorado cavalry in 1864. He engaged in the mercantile business in Virginia City, Mont., in 1866, and during the same year established a business at Salmon City, Idaho; and since 1866 has been engaged in mining, stock raising, mercantile, and other business in Idaho. He was a member of the territorial legislature during the eighth and tenth sessions. He was United States commissioner for Idaho at the World's Cotton Centennial exposition at New Orleans, La., in 1884-85, and was again placed on the republican national committee in 1888, re-elected in 1892 and again in 1896. He was appointed governor of Idaho territory in 1889, which position he held until elected governor of the state of Idaho in 1890. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican in 1890, and was re-elected in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.