Idahoans honor late U.S. Interior Secretary and former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne
Former Idaho Attorney General David Leroy pays his respects as former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne lies in state in the Idaho State Capitol on Friday, May 15, 2026.
Photo by Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun
State officials and hundreds of Idahoans gathered at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise on Friday to honor the late former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne during a formal lying in state ceremony.
Kempthorne was a Republican who also served as the mayor of Boise, a U.S. senator and the U.S. secretary of the Interior during a nearly 25-year career in public office.
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