List of Presidents pro tempore of the Idaho Senate
This is a complete list of individuals who have served as president pro tempore of the Idaho Senate to the present.

List of Presidents pro tempore of the Idaho Senate

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Table Section Text: This is a complete list of individuals who have served as president pro tempore of the Idaho Senate to the present.

Name	Party	Term of Service	Home County	Notes

1	John S. Gray	1890	Served as the 2nd Lieutenant Governor

2	Alexander E. Mayhew	1893 - 1894

3	Vincent Bierbower	Republican	1895 - 1896

4	Joseph C. Rich	Populist	1897 - 1898

5	Frank R. Gooding	Republican	1899 - 1900	Lincoln†	Served as the 7th Governor and as U.S. Senator

6	J.W. Ballantine	Populist	1901 - 1902	Blaine

7	J.W. Brigham	Republican	1903 - 1904	Latah

8	George E. Crum	Republican	1905 - 1906	Nez Perce

9	C.H. Nugent	Republican	1907 - 1908	Idaho

10	John W. Hart	Republican	1909 - 1910	Madison

11	Fred W. Gooding	Republican	1911 - 1912	Lincoln

12	John W. Hart	Republican	1913 - 1916	Madison

13	Perry W. Mitchell	Democratic	1917 - 1918	Nez Perce

14	E.W. Whitcomb	Republican	1919 - 1922	Lemhi

15	Lorenzo R. Thomas	Republican	1923 - 1924	Bingham

16	John McMurray	Republican	1925 - 1930	Cassia

17	G.W. Grebe	Republican	1931 - 1932

18	E.G. Van Hoesen	Democratic	1933 - 1934

19	Perry W. Mitchell	Democratic	1935 - 1936

20	James B. Newport	Democratic	1937 - 1938

21	Thomas Heath	Republican	1939 - 1940	Franklin

22	Perry W. Mitchell	Democratic	1941 - 1942	Lewis

23	C.A. Robins	Republican	1943 - 1944	Benewah	Served as the 22nd Governor

24	J.E. Williams	Republican	1945 - 1948	Bingham

25	O.E. Cannon	Democratic	1949 - 1950	Elmore

26	E.J. Soelberg	Republican	1951 - 1952	Butte

27	William C. Moore	Republican	February 7, 1953	Latah	Resigned from office

28	Carl Irwin	Republican	1955 - 1956	Twin Falls

29	O.J. Buxton	Democratic	1957 - 1960	Teton

30	A.W. Naegle	Republican	1961 - 1962	Bonneville

31	Jack M. Murphy	Republican	1963 - 1966	Lincoln	Served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor

32	Ronald Herndon Young, Jr.	Republican	1967 - 1978	Canyon	Served previously as Speaker of the House

33	James Ellsworth	Republican	1969 - 1976	Lemhi

34	Philip E. Batt	Republican	December 1, 1976 - December 1, 1978	Canyon	Served as the 35th Lieutenant Governor and the 29th Governor

35	Reed Budge	Republican	December 7, 1978 - December 1, 1982	Caribou

36	James Risch	Republican	December 1982 - December 1, 1988	Ada	Served 39th and 41st Lieutenant Governor and as 31st Governor; serves as U.S. Senator

37	Mike Crapo	Republican	December 4, 1988 - December 1, 1992	Bonneville	Currently serves as U.S. Senator

38	Jerry Twiggs	Republican	December 3, 1992 – January 10, 2000	Bingham	Died in office

39	Robert L. Geddes	Republican	January 17, 2000 - December 1, 2010	Caribou

40	Brent Hill	Republican	December 2, 2010 – Present	Madison	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Crapo served as Senate President pro tempore from 1988 to 1992.

final_sentence: Crapo served as Senate President pro tempore from 1988 to 1992.