district resting_place succeeded death_date death_place birth_name birth_place children profession party preceded term birth_date spouse article_title state name alma_mater
1st pine creek ranch family cemetery monitor valley , nevada c. l. `` butch '' otter 2 october 2006 near tonopah , nevada helen margaret palmer topeka , kansas 1 son , 1 daughter consultant republican larry larocco january 3 , 1995 -- january 3 , 2001 27 january 1938 e. m. 1999 -- 2006 , his death -rrb- nicholas s. wayne chenoweth -lrb- 1935 -- 2002 -rrb- -lrb- m. 1958 -- hage 1975 , divorce -rrb- -lrb- 1936 -- 2006 -rrb- -lrb- helen chenoweth-hage
 idaho helen chenoweth-hage whitworth college -lrb- attended -rrb-
helen chenoweth-hage

helen p. chenoweth-hage , born helen margaret palmer -lrb- january 27 , 1938 -- october 2 , 2006 -rrb- was a republican politician from the u.s. state of idaho , the only republican woman to ever represent that state in the united states congress .
since her retirement no woman has been elected to congress from idaho .
