High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Henry Hawley (January 17, 1847 – August 3, 1929) was the ninth Governor of Idaho from 1911 until 1913. Hawley also served as mayor of Boise from 1903 to 1905. Besides that, he acted as prosecutor or defense attorney for a substantial number of criminal cases. Outside of criminal law, he specialized in irrigation and mining cases.