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)
Personal details
Born	October 10, 1888[1] Three Oaks, Michigan
Died	January 2, 1957 (aged 68)[2] Boise, Idaho
Political party	Republican
Profession	druggist

Donald Strehle Whitehead (October 10, 1888 – January 2, 1957) 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.

References

1. American legislative leaders in the West, 1911-1994 - Nancy Weatherly Sharp, James Roger Sharp - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
2. American legislative leaders in the West, 1911-1994 - Nancy Weatherly Sharp, James Roger Sharp - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-06-16.

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