Kirtland I. Perky

Infobox Senator
name = Kirtland I. Perky


jr/sr =United States Senator
state = Idaho
term_start = November 18, 1912
term_end = February 5, 1913
preceded = Weldon B. Heyburn
succeeded = James H. Brady
date of birth=February 8, 1867
place of birth=Smithville, Ohio
dead = dead
date of death=death date and age|1939|1|9|1867|2|8
place of death=Los Angeles, California
residence=Boise
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
party=Democratic|

Kirtland Irving Perky (February 8, 1867 - January 9, 1939) was a United States Senator from Idaho. Born in Smithville, Ohio, he attended the public schools and graduated from Ohio Northern University at Ada in 1888. He studied law at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and was admitted to the bar in 1890, commencing practice in Wahoo, Nebraska. He moved to Albion, Idaho in 1894, and was district judge of the fourth judicial district of the State of Idaho in 1901. He moved to Boise and continued the practice of law.

A Democrat, Perky was appointed as a to the United States Senate by Governor James H. Hawley to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Weldon B. Heyburn. He from November 18, 1912, to February 5, 1913, when a successor was elected and qualified. He resumed the practice of law in Boise, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1923 and continued the practice of law until his death there.

Perky is buried in Forest Lawn Cemeter in Glendale, California.