Donald S. Whitehead

Donald S. Whitehead
23rd and 28th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
In office January 2, 1939 – January 6, 1941 January 6, 1947 – January 1, 1951
Governor	C. A. Bottolfsen (1st time) C. A. Robins (2nd time)
Preceded by	Charles C. Gossett (1939) A. R. McCabe (1947)
Succeeded by	Charles C. Gossett (1941) Edson H. Deal (1951)
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Political party	Republican

Donald S. Whitehead was a Republican politician from Idaho. He served a combined six years as the 23rd and 28th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho between 1939 and 1951.

Whitehead was first elected lieutenant governor in 1938 and served in the first administration of Governor C. A. Bottolfsen. He was elected again in 1946 and served a four-year term under Governor C. A. Robins. He previously served as Speaker of the Idaho State House of Representatives.

In June 1947 Whitehead reported seeing a UFO in Boise. The same day pilot Kenneth Arnold said he saw a similar object near Mount Rainier. The reported sightings received national media coverage.

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• 1947 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article on Whitehead's UFO sighting

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Preceded by Charles C. Gossett	Lieutenant Governor of Idaho January 2, 1939–January 6, 1941	Succeeded by Charles C. Gossett
Preceded by A. R. McCabe	Lieutenant Governor of Idaho January 6, 1947–January 1, 1951	Succeeded by Edson H. Deal

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Name	Whitehead, Donald S.
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Short description	American politician
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