Samuel Spielman Griffin (January 3, 1892 – October 18, 1951) served briefly as
mayor
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of
Boise
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,
Idaho
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, in 1945 and 1946.
Griffin succeeded
Austin Walker
Austin Walker (January 5, 1883 – October 31, 1945) served as mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1942 to 1945.
Walker had served as acting mayor since February 1942 as the incumbent, H. W. Whillock, was a United States Navy officer during World War ...
, who died in office in October 1945. Griffin resigned four months later and was succeeded by former mayor
H. W. Whillock.
References
Sources
Mayors of Boise - Past and PresentIdaho State Historical Society Reference Series, Corrected List of Mayors, 1867-1996
External links
at The Political Graveyard
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1892 births
1951 deaths
20th-century mayors of places in Idaho
Mayors of Boise, Idaho
People from Tekamah, Nebraska
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