CECIL D. ANDRUS
(Cecil Dale Andrus)
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In 1988 the governor refused to let a railroad car filled with radioactive waste enter a Federal storage site in his state. When asked by Federal authorities for the legal grounds of his unusual action, he answered:
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Cecil Dale Andrus was an American politician who served fourteen years as the Governor of Idaho. A Democrat, he also served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1977 to 1981 during the Carter Administration. Andrus lost his first gubernatorial election in 1966, but won four (in 1970, 1974, 1986, and 1990) and his 14 years as governor is the most in state history. He is the most recent Democrat to have held the office.
