Terry Crapo
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Terry Lavelle Crapo (July 2, 1939 – September 1, 1982) was an American attorney, educator, and Republican Party politician who served in the Idaho House of Representatives for six years, and as majority leader from 1968 to 1972. He had led the legislature as the first state to adopt the Uniform Probate Code. He died from leukemia ten years after retiring from the Idaho House.
Terry Crapo | |
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Majority Leader of the Idaho House of Representatives | |
In office 1968–1972 | |
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives | |
In office 1966–1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1939-12-07)December 7, 1939 Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S. |
Died | September 1, 1982(1982-09-01) (aged 42) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
A practicing attorney in Idaho Falls, Idaho, who became a partner with his firm Holden Kidwell Hahn & Crapo, he also taught estate law at Brigham Young University for several years as a visiting professor. After his death, his younger brother Mike Crapo, also an attorney, entered politics, ultimately serving as a United States senator from Idaho.