Helen Chenoweth-Hage
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Larry LaRocco |
| Succeeded by | C. L. "Butch" Otter |
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Helen Margaret Palmer January 27, 1938 Topeka, Kansas |
| Died | October 2, 2006 (aged 68) near Tonopah, Nevada |
| Resting place | Pine Creek Ranch Family Cemetery Monitor Valley, Nevada |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | E. Wayne Hage (1936–2006) (m. 1999–2006, his death) Nicholas S. Chenoweth (1935–2002) (m. 1958–1975, divorce) |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Whitworth College (attended) |
| Profession | Consultant |
Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage, born Helen Margaret Palmer (January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, the only Republican woman to ever represent that state in the United States Congress.
Born in Kansas, her family moved west to Los Angeles when Helen was a year old, then north to southern Oregon when she was 12, to run a dairy farm near Grants Pass. A musician, horse enthusiast, and athlete, she attended Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington on music scholarship (double bass), where she met Nick Chenoweth while working in a cafeteria; she was a waitress and he was a cook. The two were married in 1958.
They had two children, Michael and Margaret (Meg), both born in Nick's hometown of Orofino, Idaho. The Chenowoths ran a ski shop near the modest Bald Mountain ski area. Later, Helen developed and managed the Northside Medical Clinic, where she initiated a physician recruitment practice for under-served rural communities, while Nick attended the UI law school in Moscow.
The Chenoweths divorced in 1975 and Helen moved to Boise to become executive director of the Idaho Republican Party. Later she went on to serve as then-Congressman Steve Symms' District Director in 1977 through his re-election in 1978, then started her own business, Consulting Associates, and became a noteworthy lobbyist in Idaho's capital city.
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