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Secretary of State of Idaho
Secretary of State of Idaho
	Great Seal of the State of Idaho
	Incumbent; Phil McGrane; since January 2, 2023
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	A. J. Pinkham; 1890
Website	Official website

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.

Duties of the secretary of state

Electoral

The secretary is responsible for the administration of elections and regulation of lobbying and campaign finance.^[1]

Economic

The secretary's office registers business entities,^[2] files liens under the Uniform Commercial Code,^[3] and registers trademarks and service marks within the state.^[4]

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.^[5] The secretary's office also provides information and publications to the general public, including the Idaho Blue Book, and is also an ex officio member of the Idaho Code Commission.^[6] The secretary also administers the Idaho Will Registry,^[7] the Idaho Health Care Directive Registry (for such documents as living wills and medical powers of attorney),^[8] and the state's Address Confidentiality Program.^[9]

List of secretaries of state of Idaho

Party designations: (R) = Republican; (D) = Democrat; (S.R.) = Silver Republican

Territorial government (1863–1890)
Name	Appointed
William B. Daniels	October 3, 1863
C. DeWitt Smith	April 7, 1864
Horace G. Gilson	April 9, 1865
S.R. Howlett	July 26, 1866
Edward J. Curtis	April 5, 1869, reappointed May 2, 1874
Robert A. Sidebotham	April 29, 1878
Theodore F. Singiser	December 22, 1880
Edward L. Curtis	March 3, 1883
D. P. B. Pride	February 7, 1884
Edward J. Curtis	December 2, 1885, reappointed December 2, 1889

State government (1890 through present)
Name/Party	Term of office	Remarks
A.J. Pinkham (R)	May 1, 1891, to February 1, 1893	Elected 1890
J.F. Curtis (R)	February 1, 1893, to July 1, 1895	Elected 1892
Isaac W. Garrett (R)	July 1, 1895, to April 1, 1897	Elected 1894
George Lewis (P-D)	April 1, 1897, to February 1, 1899	Elected 1896
M.A. Patrie (R)	February 1, 1899, to July 1, 1901	Elected 1898
Charles Bassett (S.R.-D)	July 1, 1901, to May 1, 1903	Elected 1900
Will H. Gibson (R)	May 1, 1903, to July 1, 1907	Elected 1902; reelected 1904
Robert Lansdon (R)	July 1, 1907, to February 1, 1911	Elected 1906; reelected 1908
Wilford L. Gifford (R)	February 1, 1911, to April 1, 1915	Elected 1910; reelected 1912
George R. Barker (R)	April 1, 1915, to January 1, 1917	Elected 1914
William T. Dougherty (D)	January 1, 1917, to June 1, 1919	Elected 1916
Robert O. Jones (R)	June 1, 1919, to January 1, 1923	Elected 1918; reelected 1920
F.A. Jeter (R)	January 1, 1923, to March 1, 1927	Elected 1922; reelected 1924
Fred E. Lukens (R)	March 1, 1927, to February 1, 1933	Elected 1926; reelected 1928, 1930
Franklin Girard (D)	February 1, 1933, to March 1, 1937	Elected 1932; reelected 1934
Ira H. Masters (D)	March 1, 1937, to February 1, 1939	Elected 1936
George H. Curtis (D)	February 1, 1939, to January 1, 1945	Elected 1938; reelected 1940, 1942
Ira H. Masters (D)	January 1, 1945, to June 1, 1947	Elected 1944
J.D. (Cy) Price (R)	June 1, 1947, to January 1, 1951	Elected 1946 ^[10]
Ira H. Masters (D)	January 1, 1951, to February 19, 1956	Elected 1950; reelected 1954; died in office
James H. Young (R)	February 27, 1956, to May 1, 1959	Appointed to fill vacancy
Arnold Williams (D)	May 1, 1959, to March 29, 1966	Elected 1958; reelected 1962; resigned March 29, 1966
Louis E. Clapp (D)	March 29, 1966, to February 1, 1967	Appointed to fill vacancy
Edson H. Deal (R)	February 1, 1967, to April 22, 1967	Elected 1966; died in office
Pete T. Cenarrusa (R)	January 5, 1967, to June 1, 2003	Appointed to fill vacancy; Elected 1970; reelected 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
Ben Ysursa (R)	June 1, 2003, to May 1, 2015	Elected 2002; reelected 2006, 2010
Lawerence Denney (R)	May 1, 2015, to January 2, 2023	Elected 2014; reelected 2018
Phil McGrane (R)	January 2, 2023	Elected 2022

References

^ "Elections Division". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ Idaho Business Entities
^ "Uniform Commercial Code". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "Trademarks & Service Marks". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "Notaries, Apostilles, & Authentications". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ Idaho Publications Archived July 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Will Registry". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "Health Care Directive Registry". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "Address Confidentiality Program". Idaho Secretary of State. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "Price will seek state's top post". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). February 22, 1950. p. 1.