Secretary of State of Idaho


The secretary of state of Idaho is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is an elected position within the executive branch of the state government. The current secretary of state is Phil McGrane.
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Duties of the secretary of state

Electoral

The secretary is responsible for the administration of elections and regulation of lobbying and campaign finance.

Economic

The secretary's office registers business entities, files liens under the Uniform Commercial Code, and registers trademarks and service marks within the state.

Administrative and governmental

The secretary is the keeper of the Great Seal of Idaho, and as such is responsible for licensing notaries public, as well as authenticating documents and issuing apostilles. The secretary's office also provides information and publications to the general public, including the, and is also an ex officio member of the Idaho Code Commission. The secretary also administers the Idaho Will Registry, the Idaho Health Care Directive Registry, and the state's Address Confidentiality Program.

List of secretaries of state of Idaho

Party designations: = Republican; = Democrat; = Silver Republican
NameAppointed
William B. DanielsOctober 3, 1863
C. DeWitt SmithApril 7, 1864
Horace G. GilsonApril 9, 1865
S.R. HowlettJuly 26, 1866
Edward J. CurtisApril 5, 1869, reappointed May 2, 1874
Robert A. SidebothamApril 29, 1878
Theodore F. SingiserDecember 22, 1880
Edward L. CurtisMarch 3, 1883
D. P. B. PrideFebruary 7, 1884
Edward J. CurtisDecember 2, 1885, reappointed December 2, 1889

Name/PartyTerm of officeRemarks
A.J. Pinkham May 1, 1891, to February 1, 1893Elected 1890
J.F. Curtis February 1, 1893, to July 1, 1895Elected 1892
Isaac W. Garrett July 1, 1895, to April 1, 1897Elected 1894
George Lewis April 1, 1897, to February 1, 1899Elected 1896
M.A. Patrie February 1, 1899, to July 1, 1901Elected 1898
Charles Bassett July 1, 1901, to May 1, 1903Elected 1900
Will H. Gibson May 1, 1903, to July 1, 1907Elected 1902; reelected 1904
Robert Lansdon July 1, 1907, to February 1, 1911Elected 1906; reelected 1908
Wilford L. Gifford February 1, 1911, to April 1, 1915Elected 1910; reelected 1912
George R. Barker April 1, 1915, to January 1, 1917Elected 1914
William T. Dougherty January 1, 1917, to June 1, 1919Elected 1916
Robert O. Jones June 1, 1919, to January 1, 1923Elected 1918; reelected 1920
F.A. Jeter January 1, 1923, to March 1, 1927Elected 1922; reelected 1924
Fred E. Lukens March 1, 1927, to February 1, 1933Elected 1926; reelected 1928, 1930
Franklin Girard February 1, 1933, to March 1, 1937Elected 1932; reelected 1934
Ira H. Masters March 1, 1937, to February 1, 1939Elected 1936
George H. Curtis February 1, 1939, to January 1, 1945Elected 1938; reelected 1940, 1942
Ira H. Masters January 1, 1945, to June 1, 1947Elected 1944
J.D. Price June 1, 1947, to January 1, 1951Elected 1946
Ira H. Masters January 1, 1951, to February 19, 1956Elected 1950; reelected 1954; died in office
James H. Young February 27, 1956, to May 1, 1959Appointed to fill vacancy
Arnold Williams May 1, 1959, to March 29, 1966Elected 1958; reelected 1962; resigned March 29, 1966
Louis E. Clapp March 29, 1966, to February 1, 1967Appointed to fill vacancy
Edson H. Deal February 1, 1967, to April 22, 1967Elected 1966; died in office
Pete T. Cenarrusa January 5, 1967, to June 1, 2003Appointed to fill vacancy; Elected 1970; reelected 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
Ben Ysursa June 1, 2003, to May 1, 2015Elected 2002; reelected 2006, 2010
Lawerence Denney May 1, 2015, to January 2, 2023Elected 2014; reelected 2018
Phil McGrane January 2, 2023Elected 2022