Draft:Henry F. McQuade

Henry Ford McQuade (October 11, 1915 – YEAR) was chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1956 to 1976. He received his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1943.

Born in Pocatello, Idaho, McQuade received a B.A. from the University of Idaho in 1940 and an LL. B. from the same institution in 1943. He served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946, stationed in Chicago and Salt Lake City.

In 1946, McQuade became Prosecuting Attorney in Bannock County, Idaho. From 1950 to 1956, he served as Judge of the 5th Judicial Court in Idaho, until his appointment as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. He served as a member of the National Highway Safety Advisory Commission from 1972 to 1975.

McQuade resigned from the bench on March 18, 1976, to take a position with the presidential administration of Gerald Ford in Washington, D.C.

McQuade sat with the court in a 1982 case in place of Chief Justice Robert E. Bakes, who had recused himself from the case.

Personal life
On April 11, 1942, McQuade married Mary Elizabeth Downing in Moscow, Idaho. They met while both were studying at the University of Idaho, where "their first date was interrupted by news that Pearl Harbor had been bombed". McQuade and his wife had seven children.

"During World War II, they were After the war, they returned to Pocatello where Henry practiced law and was ultimately elected to be a district court judge. In 1957, Henry was appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court and the family moved to Boise. From 1975-1981, Betty and Henry lived in Vienna, Virginia, while Henry served first as the Deputy Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and then as an Administrative Law Judge in Washington, DC. Afterward, they returned to Boise for the remainder of their lives. She was preceded in death by her husband."