He was born to John and Lucy DeBoer in Gallatin County, Montana on July 2, 1917 and died on July 31, 2007 at the age of 90.
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He was elected to the Legislature of the Illinois Territory in 1814 as a representative of Gallatin County, and again in 1816 as a member of the Legislative Council.
He attended the Gallatin County public schools, the then Montana State College (later Montana State University) at Bozeman and the University of Chicago law school.