About the Idaho Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

Governor Dirk Kempthorne created the Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission by Executive Order #2006-17 on May 12, 2006.  Governors Risch and Otter have added to membership over time.  The following people currently serve:

  Phone/fax/email
David H. Leroy, Leroy Law Office, Chairman
P.O. Box 193, Boise 83701
342-0000/342-4200/
dave@dleroycom

Representative Max Black
3731 Buckingham Drive, Boise 83704 

375-2635/
MBlck2635@msn.com
Honorable Ron Crane, State Treasurer
P.O. Box 83720, Boise, 83720-0091 

334-3200/332-2962/
ron.crane@sto.idaho.gov

Senator Bart Davis
2638 Berlin Circle, Idaho Falls 83402 
529-4993/522-1334/
bmdavis@bmdlaw 
Leslie Goddard, Idaho Human Rights Commission
P.O. Box 83720, Boise 83720-0040
334-2873/334-2664/
lgoddard@ihrc.idaho.gov 
Janet L. Gallimore, Idaho State Historical Society
2205 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise 83712 
334-2682/334-2774/
JanetGallimore@ishs.idaho.gov 

Arthur Hart
8035 Crestwood Drive, Boise 83704 

375-2092/same
Honorable Tom Luna, Superintendent of Publc P.O. Box 883720, Boise 83720-0027  332-6811/332-6836
Honorable Donna Jones, State Controller
P.O. Box 83720, Boise 83720-0011

334-3100/334-2671/
jbonilla@sco.idaho.gov

Brian Kane, Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 83720, Boise 83720-0010
334-2400/334-2530/
Brian.kane@ag.idaho.gov 

Kent Kunz
Idaho State University, 
802 West Bannock, Suite 200, Boise 83702 

334-2257/334-4873/
kunzkent@isu.edu 
Roger Madsen, Department of Labor
317 W. Main Street, Boise 83735 
334-6110/334-6430/
Roger.Madsen@labor.idaho.gov 
John Mock
615 13th Street, Lewiston 83501
746-7268
Tim Olsen, Regence Blue Shield
1211 West Myrtle, Boise 83702 
333-7838/395-7709/
Tolson.ID@regence.com 

Chief Justice Dan Eisman,
Idaho Supreme Court
P.O. Box 83720, Boise  83720-0101 

334-2149/334-4701/
rreider@idcourts.net 

Honorable Ben Ysura, Idaho Secretary of State
P.O. Box 83720, Boise 83720-0080

334-2300/334-2282/
bysursa@sos.idaho.gov 

The purpose of the Commission shall be to:

  1. Plan for a statewide recognition and celebration of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth;
  2. To educate the people of Idaho and the Nation about the unique relationship between the Idaho Territory and the sixteenth President of the United States;
  3. To encourage and coordinate the activities of local historical societies, civic groups, public schools, institutions of higher education, chambers of commerce and other entities to celebrate the Lincoln Bicentennial;
  4. To coordinate and establish a liaison with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of the United States and its Advisory Committee and those commissions established by other states;
  5. To seek volunteer assistance, monetary donations, public and private grants, and legislative appropriations in support of its mission;
  6. To support research, publications, historical analysis and exploration, the acquisition and preservation of artifacts and displays appropriate to the presentation and explanation of the career and contributions of Abraham Lincoln to the United States and Idaho;
  7. To issue such interim and final reports and periodicals as shall advance the Commission’s work.

 

 

Copyright 2007 Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
P.O. Box 122 · Boise, Idaho 83701