Allan Larsen
{{short description|American politician from Idaho}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Allan Larsen
| birth_name = Allan Franklin Larsen
| birth_date = April 4, 1919
| birth_place = Preston, Idaho, U.S.
| party = Republican
| death_date = March 2, 2005 (aged 85)
| death_place = Bingham County, Idaho, U.S.
| education = Utah Agricultural College
| office = Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
| term_start = 1992
| term_end = 1996
| term_start1 = 1966
| term_end1 = 1978
| office2 = Member of the Idaho Senate
| term_start2 = 1990
| term_end2 = 1992
}}
Allan Franklin Larsen (April 4, 1919 – March 2, 2005){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA169|title=American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994|last=Sharp|first=Nancy and James Roger|date=1994|page=169}} was an American Republican politician from Eastern Idaho who served as a member of both chambers of the Idaho Legislature. He was the Republican nominee in the 1978 Idaho gubernatorial election.
Early life and education
Born in Preston, Idaho, he attended Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in Logan.
Career
Larsen operated a potato farm near Firth in Bingham County. First elected to the state legislature in 1966, he served six terms in the Idaho House of Representatives, the last two as speaker. He was the Republican nominee in the 1978 Idaho gubernatorial election,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5cVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4090%2C3156506 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Larsen upsets Ravenscroft |date=August 9, 1978 |page=1A}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U_tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wPYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1145,4464623 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Mormons win Idaho governor primary |date=August 9, 1978 |page=20}}{{cite news|date=November 1, 1978|title=Religion's the key issue in Evans-Larsen race|page=1A|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|agency=(Los Angeles Times)|location=(Idaho)|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3MteAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3992%2C1005}} but was defeated by the Democratic incumbent, John Evans of Malad.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5787,2332257|title=Party Balance in High Post|date=November 8, 1978|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|page=3|accessdate=8 February 2011}}
Larsen returned to private life on his farm for 12 years. Following his first wife's death and his remarriage to Alva Lu Hebdon, he returned to the legislature when he was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1990 and the House of Representatives in 1992 and 1994.
Personal life
Larsen died in Bingham County, Idaho at age 85 in 2005;{{cite news |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/former-speaker-of-the-house-allan-larsen-dies/article_83970698-2f90-5877-a31e-30d43789de73.html |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Former Speaker of the House Allen Larsen dies |date=March 5, 2005 |accessdate=July 23, 2019}} he and his first wife Barbara (1920–1990) are buried at the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery in Blackfoot.
References
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External links
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| title=Republican Party nominee, Governor of Idaho
| before=Jack M. Murphy
| after=Phil Batt
| years=1978 (lost)
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Category:Republican Party Idaho state senators
Category:Speakers of the Idaho House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party members of the Idaho House of Representatives
Category:Latter Day Saints from Idaho
Category:Utah State University alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Idaho Legislature
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