Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981.Church was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1976 presidential election, losing to Jimmy Carter. He is known for heading the Church Committee, which investigated abuses in the U.S. intelligence agencies.
Profiled on the NBC- TV news series "Frank McGee Reports," 28 May 1967, while running for re-election in Boise, ID as a vocal critic of the Vietnam War.
2
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 152-155. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
3
Interred in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
4
US senator from Idaho, 3 January 1957 - 3 January 1981.
$600,000
