Steunenberg, Frank

Steunenberg, Frank

(1861–1905) governor; born in Keokuk, Iowa. A typesetter, he bought the Caldwell Tribune in 1866 with his brother, later serving in the Idaho legislature. As Democratic governor of Idaho (1897–1901), he called in the federal authorities to put down the Western Federation of Miners strike (1899). Returning to publishing, he was killed by a bomb outside his home, placed there by a union member.