Editing Larry Craig (section)

==Early life, education, military service, and family==
Craig was born in [[Council, Idaho]], the son of Dorothy Lenore (née McCord) and Elvin Oren Craig.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/craig.htm |title=Genealogy of Larry Edwin Craig |publisher=Rootsweb |access-date=September 1, 2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012094752/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/craig.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He grew up on a ranch outside [[Midvale, Idaho|Midvale]] in [[Washington County, Idaho|Washington County]]. In 1969 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of Idaho]]. At the University of Idaho, he was student body president and a member of the [[Delta Chi]] [[fraternity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deltachi.org/alumni/prominent_alumni/alumniingovernment.php |website=DeltaChi.org |title=Prominent alumni – Larry Craig |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203134904/http://www.deltachi.org/alumni/prominent_alumni/alumniingovernment.php |archive-date=December 3, 2008 |access-date=April 25, 2009 }}</ref> He pursued graduate studies at [[George Washington University]] before returning to his family's Midvale ranching business in 1971. Craig was a member of the [[Idaho Army National Guard]] from 1970 to 1972, attaining the rank of [[Private First Class]] (E3),<ref name="navyleague">{{cite web |title=Veterans in the US Senate 109th Congress |publisher=Navy League |url=http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/SenateVets.pdf  |access-date=December 9, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070628064917/http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/SenateVets.pdf |archive-date = June 28, 2007}}</ref> after which he received an honorable discharge.<ref name=idahoaug28>{{cite news | url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/special-reports/larry-craig/article40685142.html | title=Men's room arrest reopens questions about Sen. Larry Craig | date=August 28, 2007 | publisher=[[Idaho Statesman]] | author=Dan Popkey | access-date=August 30, 2018 }}</ref>

Craig married Suzanne Scott in July 1983 and adopted the three children she had from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3538964 |first=Russell |last=Goldman |title=Senator's Wife Finds Herself at Center of Storm |date=January 8, 2009 |work=ABC News |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803013011/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3538964 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=idahoaug28 /> Through his adopted children, Craig has nine grandchildren.<ref name="Official Biography">{{cite web|url=http://craig.senate.gov/lec_biography.cfm |title=Larry Craig, US Senator from Idaho: Official Biography |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |access-date=September 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830173326/http://craig.senate.gov/lec_biography.cfm |archive-date=August 30, 2007 }}</ref>