Powerful forces in United States Congress pushing for non-interventionism and strong Neutrality Acts were the Republican Senators William Edgar Borah, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Gerald P. Nye and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., but support of non-interventionism was not limited to the Republican party.

Coolidge's next choice was Idaho Senator William Borah, but he also declined the nomination.

The term " Phoney War " was possibly coined by U. S. Senator William Borah who stated, in September 1939: " There is something phoney about this war.

As Idaho Republican William Edgar Borah said the following morning, " Senator Cummins was highly respected by everyone who knew him.

After the assassination, however, the two senators lost interest in the idea ( Borah ran as a Republican, garnering only a few delegates and losing the nomination to Kansas governor Alf Landon ) and Olson was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer.

Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth ( Republican-Ohio ), a party leader and 43rd Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and the couple's only child was a result of her affair with Senator William Borah of Idaho.

As reported in Carol Felsenthal's biography of Alice, and in Betty Boyd Caroli's The Roosevelt Women, as well by TIME journalist Rebecca Winters Keegan, it was generally accepted knowledge in DC that Longworth also had a long, ongoing affair with Senator William Borah, and the opening of Longworth's diaries to modern historical researchers indicates that Borah was, by Longworth's own admission, the father of her daughter, Paulina Longworth ( 1925 – 1957 ).

The child's biological father was Senator William Borah.

Wisdom was nominated by President Eisenhower on March 14, 1957, to a seat vacated by Wayne G. Borah.

William Edgar Borah ( June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940 ) was a prominent Republican attorney and longtime United States Senator from Idaho noted for his oratorical skills and isolationist views.

Borah was born near Fairfield, Illinois.

Borah once wrote a letter to the Board of Pardons protesting the change of sentence in hanging " Diamondfield Jack " Davis, a man charged with killing a sheepherder who was working for a cattle company.

Borah ran for the United States Senate in 1902, but was defeated in the Idaho Legislature by Weldon B. Heyburn, a Republican attorney from Wallace.

Borah was reelected by the Idaho Legislature in 1912, and four more times by popular vote ( 1918, 1924, 1930 and 1936 ) after an amendment changed the way senators were selected.

A member of the Republican National Committee from 1908 to 1912, Borah was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention.

As a senator, Borah was dedicated to principles rather than party loyalty, a trait which earned him the nickname " the Great Opposer.

When another bill was introduced in 1935 and 1938, Borah continued to speak against it, by that time saying that it was no longer needed, as the number of lynchings had dropped sharply.

Borah was a progressive Republican who often had strong differences of opinion with the conservative wing of the party.

When conservative President Calvin Coolidge was told of Borah's fondness for horseback riding, the president is said to have replied, " It's hard to imagine Senator Borah going in the same direction as his horse.

Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho was outraged by such anxieties, and derided a suggestion that the rate might eventually climb as high as 20 percent.

In November 1979, an 8-team playoff was introduced for the state's largest schools in Class A-1 ( 5A since 2001 ); Borah shut out Lewiston 42 – 0 in the semifinals and archrival Boise 38 – 0 in the final to grab the first official A-1 state title in football, and finished with a record of 11 – 1.

Pankratz was the head football coach at Borah for twenty seasons ( 1967 – 86 ) and compiled a record of 186 – 36 ().

* Ed Troxel-first Borah football coach 1958-66 ; Tri-City Herald. com-24-January – 2001

Borah Peak ( also known as Mount Borah or Beauty Peak ) is the highest mountain in the U. S. state of Idaho and one of the most prominent peaks in the contiguous states.

After practicing law in Lyons, Kansas, Borah relocated to Boise, Idaho in 1890, where he became the most prominent attorney in the new state.

Borah won a majority of delegates in only one state, Wisconsin, where he had the endorsement of Progressive United States Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. Borah refused to endorse the eventual Republican nominee, Alf Landon, leading some to believe he might cross party lines and support Roosevelt's reelection.

In 1947, the state of Idaho donated a bronze statue of Borah to the National Statuary Hall Collection.

In November 1981, undefeated Borah regained the state title with a 30 – 13 win over Boise in the Lions ' closest game of the year ( 17 points ).

Additional state championships that academic year were won by the Borah varsity basketball team and track & field team ( the second of four straight ), for a rare triple state title for the class of 1982.

The Borah baseball team won the state title in 1981, but lost their opener 1-0 at the state tourney in 1982.

Borah won its tenth state title in basketball in 2012, the third under head coach Cary Cada.

Prior to Long's death, leading contenders for the role of the sacrificial 1936 candidate included Senators Burton K. Wheeler ( D-Montana ) and William E. Borah ( R-Idaho ), and Governor Floyd B. Olson ( FL-Minnesota ).

The nationally publicized trial took place in Boise in 1907 and included Senator William Borah for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense.

: I yield neither to Senator Borah nor to any other man in admiration of the Farewell Address and of the great Fathers of the Republic ; but I would not use them as a cover for party politics.

When the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, William E. Borah of Idaho, added his strong support for Cardozo, however, Hoover finally bowed to the pressure.

The peak is named for William Borah ( 1865 – 1940 ), a prominent U. S. Senator from Idaho ( 1907 – 1940 ).

In 1907, shortly after being elected to the Senate, Borah served as the prosecuting attorney in the nationally publicized trial of " Big Bill " Haywood and two other labor union officials for the 1905 murder of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.

Borah emerged as leader of the " Irreconcilables ," a group of senators noted for their uncompromising opposition to the treaty and the League.

Borah also had a reputation for being headstrong.

In an attempt to revitalize the progressive wing of the Republican Party, in 1936 a 71-year-old Borah ran for nomination as candidate for President of the United States, becoming the first Idahoan to do so.

After abandoning his presidential campaign, later in 1936 at the height of Democratic power during the New Deal era, Borah ran for reelection against three-term Idaho Governor C. Ben Ross, a Roosevelt ally, and won with well over 60 percent of the vote.

Idaho's highest point, Borah Peak, at 12, 662 feet ( 3859 m ), is named for him, as are two public schools: Borah High School in Boise, and Borah Elementary School in Coeur d ' Alene.

Borah may be best known today for having reportedly said, in September 1939, after Germany invaded Poland, " Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler — all this might have been averted.

Taylor first ran for the Senate in 1940 in a special election to fill the remaining term of the late William E. Borah, but lost to John W. Thomas with 47. 1 percent to Thomas ' 52. 9 percent.

The school's slogan is " The Lions of Idaho ," a play on the nickname of namesake William E. Borah, known in the Senate as the " Lion of Idaho " for his outspoken stance on issues.