Irvin E. Rockwell Explained

Irvin Elmer Rockwell (December 25, 1862 – September 22, 1952) was a member of the Idaho Senate.

Rockwell was born Irvin Elmer Rockwell on Christmas of 1862 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.[1] [2] In 1884, he married Mary Luella Searing.[3] They had four children before divorcing. Rockwell worked for the Minneapolis Journal until 1886, when he established an office-supply company in Chicago, and he then relocated to Idaho in 1900.[1] In 1914, he married Lallah Rookh White. They had two children. Rockwell died on September 22, 1952, in Bellevue, Idaho.[1] He was a Christian Scientist.[4]

Career

Rockwell was a member of the Senate from 1915 to 1919 and again from 1929 to 1930. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916 and 1932.

Notes and References

  1. News: Irvin E. Rockwell . Deseret News . September 23, 1952 . Salt Lake City, UT . 10 . December 19, 2020 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Irvin Elmer Rockwell. Political Graveyard. 2011-10-16.
  3. Book: Boughton . James . Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1939 . 1903 . W. F. Jones . New York . 386.
  4. Web site: Irvin E. Rockwell Papers. Boise State University. 2011-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403115921/http://library.boisestate.edu/special/findingaids/fa60.shtm. 2012-04-03. dead.