Papers 1905-1985

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Papers 1905-1985

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Personal records of U.S. Representative Abe Goff, including clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence. Also records relating to his career in the military, his law office in Moscow, and his political career, including service as Soliciter for the Post Office Dept. and as Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner.

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University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...

Goff, Abe McGregor, 1899-1984.

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Abe Goff, born Colfax, Wash., December 21, 1899; died Moscow, ID, November 23, 1984. Lawyer, Moscow, Idaho 1925-1953; Prosecuting Attorney, Latah County, Idaho, 1926-1934; Idaho State Senator, 1940-1941; Military Legal Officer, North Africa, Philippines & Japan, Washington, D.C., 1941-1946; U.S. House of Representatiaves, 1947-1948; Solicitor & General Council in Post Office Dept., Washington, D.C., 1954-1958; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C., 1958-1967. ...