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Terrel Howard Bell (1921-1996) —
also known as Terrel H. Bell —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Lava Hot Springs, Bannock
County, Idaho, November
11, 1921.
Son of Willard Dewain Bell and Alta (Martin) Bell.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; Utah
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1981-84.
Mormon.
Died of pulmonary
fibrosis in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 22,
1996 (age 74 years, 224
days).
Interment at Larkin
Sunset Gardens, Sandy, Utah.
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Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) —
Born in Whitney, Franklin
County, Idaho, August 4,
1899.
Son of George Taft Benson and Sarah (Dunkley) Benson.
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61.
Mormon. Member, Farm
Bureau; Alpha
Zeta.
President of the Mormon Church 1985-94.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 29,
1994 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Interment at Whitney
Cemetery, Whitney, Idaho.
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Edgar Bernard Brossard (b. 1889) —
also known as Edgar B. Brossard —
of Utah; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Oxford, Bannock
County, Idaho, April 1,
1889.
Son of Amable Alphonse Brossard and Mary Catherine (Hobson) Brossard.
Republican. College
professor; economist;
member, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1925-45; chair, U.S. Tariff
Commission, 1930.
Mormon. Member, American
Economic Association; Grange; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred William Brunt (1909-1972) —
also known as Bill Brunt —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, August
27, 1909.
Son of Clara (Rasicot) Brunt and George
Brunt.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1941; Presidential Elector for
Idaho, 1944;
chair
of Bonneville County Democratic Party, 1944-50; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1948,
1952.
Mormon.
Died in June, 1972
(age 62
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1937
to Amelia Stevenson. |
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Hamer Harold Budge (1910-2003) —
also known as Hamer Budge —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho, November
21, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1949; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1951-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee); district judge in Idaho 3rd District, 1961-64; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1964-71; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1969-71.
Mormon. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Eagles; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., July 22,
2003 (age 92 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Claude J. Burtenshaw (b. 1918) —
of Rexburg, Madison
County, Idaho; Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Born in Bonneville
County, Idaho, February
24, 1918.
Son of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Idaho
Democratic State Committee, 1948-50; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1950; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1952; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1952;
chair
of Madison County Democratic Party, 1954; member of Idaho
state senate, 1958-59; university
professor.
Mormon. Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
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David L. Bush (1897-1988) —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Malad City, Oneida
County, Idaho, September
2, 1897.
Son of Robert T. Bush and Mary (Williams) Bush.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1944-46.
Mormon. Member, American
Legion.
Died June 15,
1988 (age 90 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Alfred Carver (b. 1896) —
also known as John A. Carver —
of Preston, Franklin
County, Idaho; Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Preston, Franklin
County, Idaho, March 14,
1896.
Son of Parley P. Carver and Elizabeth Ann (Pritchett) Carver.
Lawyer;
Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1922-28; police judge in Idaho,
1929-33; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1933-53.
Mormon. Member, Rotary; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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H. Brent Coles —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1993-2003.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2005.
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Michael Dean Crapo (b. 1951) —
also known as Michael D. Crapo; Mike Crapo —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, May 20,
1951.
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James
M. Carter, 1977-78; member of Idaho
state senate, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1993-99; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1999-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2012.
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David Bruce Haight (1906-2004) —
also known as David B. Haight —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.
Born in Oakley, Cassia
County, Idaho, September
2, 1906.
Hardware
store owner; mayor
of Palo Alto, Calif., 1961-63.
Mormon.
Died July 31,
2004 (age 97 years, 333
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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George Vernon Hansen (b. 1930) —
also known as George V. Hansen —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Tetonia, Teton
County, Idaho, September
14, 1930.
Republican. Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1962 (primary), 1968, 1972 (primary); U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1965-69, 1975-85.
Mormon. Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Convicted
in 1984 of failing to include four transactions on federal
disclosure forms; sentenced
to 15 months in prison
and fined
$40,000; reprimanded
by the U.S. House; his conviction was reversed in 1995.
Still living as of 1998.
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Ralph Ray Harding (b. 1929) —
also known as Ralph R. Harding —
of Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho.
Born in Malad City, Oneida
County, Idaho, September
9, 1929.
Son of Ralph W. Harding and Kathryn (Olson) Harding.
Democrat. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1961-65; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1966.
Mormon. Member, American
Legion; Lions.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jefferson Hunt (1805-1879) —
of San
Bernardino County, Calif.; Weber
County, Utah.
Born in Mason County (part now in Bracken
County), Ky., January
22, 1805.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1851, 1863; member of California
state assembly, 1853-58 (2nd District 1853-54, 1st District
1854-58).
Mormon.
Founder, in 1860, of Huntsville, Utah.
Died in Oxford, Bannock
County, Idaho, May 11,
1879 (age 74 years, 109
days).
Interment at Hunt
Cemetery, Red Rock, Idaho.
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Rosel Herschel Hyde (b. 1900) —
also known as Rosel H. Hyde —
of Idaho; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bannock
County, Idaho, April 12,
1900.
Son of George T. Hyde and Emma (Nibley) Hyde.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1946-69; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1953-54, 1966-69.
Mormon. Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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G. Margaret Marr (b. 1896) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Lewisville, Jefferson
County, Idaho, February
4, 1896.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948
(alternate).
Female.
Mormon.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hamilton Morgan (1842-1894) —
Born in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., August 8,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1883.
Mormon.
Died in Preston, Oneida
County, Idaho, August
14, 1894 (age 52 years, 6
days).
Interment somewhere
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Ronald C. Packard (b. 1931) —
also known as Ron Packard —
of Carlsbad, San Diego
County, Calif.; Oceanside, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Meridian, Ada
County, Idaho, January
19, 1931.
Son of Forrest LeRoy Packard and Esther (Carter) Packard.
Republican. Dentist; mayor
of Carlsbad, Calif., 1978-82; U.S.
Representative from California, 1983-2001 (43rd District 1983-93,
48th District 1993-2001).
Mormon. Member, American
Dental Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Michael K. Simpson (b. 1950) —
also known as Mike Simpson —
of Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho; Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho, September
8, 1950.
Republican. Member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1984-98; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1999-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Richard Howard Stallings (b. 1940) —
also known as Richard H. Stallings —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho; Rexburg, Madison
County, Idaho; Macks Inn, Fremont
County, Idaho.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, October
7, 1940.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1985-93; defeated, 1998;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1992; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Idaho, 2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bruce Charles Thompson (b. 1953) —
also known as Bruce Thompson —
of Fallbrook, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Weiser, Washington
County, Idaho, November
24, 1953.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1994-2000; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2008.
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Jerry Thomas Twiggs (1933-2000) —
also known as Jerry Twiggs —
of Idaho.
Born in Thomas, Bingham
County, Idaho, March 25,
1933.
Farmer;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1985-2000; died in office 2000.
Mormon. Member, Lions.
Died of a heart
attack while jogging,
in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
10, 2000 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside-Thomas
Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho.
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