George E. Donart (February 27, 1889 – October 1, 1961) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Idaho Senate from 1933 to 1941 and again from 1943 to 1947.
[1] He was the Democratic nominee in a 1946 special election for the United States Senate seat to finish the term of John Thomas, a Republican who died in November 1945.
Born in Idaho Territory near present-day Cambridge, Donart graduated from the prep school of the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1909, then earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degree.
[2] Donart practiced law in Weiser for decades and as a member of the Idaho Senate from 1933 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1947.
[1][3] After Senator John Thomas's death in 1945, Governor Charles Gossett, a Democrat, resigned and allowed his successor Arnold Williams to appoint him to the Senate vacancy, which in turn allowed him to enter the special election race as the incumbent.