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Jewish Politicians in Utah
(religion or ancestry)


  Ernest Bamberger (1877-1958) — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, August 11, 1877. Son of Jacob Emanuel Bamberger (1852-1928) and Bertha (Greenwald) Bamberger (1858-1939). Republican. Mining executive; member of Republican National Committee from Utah, 1920-24, 1935; candidate for U.S. Senator from Utah, 1922, 1928. Jewish. Member, Chi Psi. Arrested in 1923, along with three friends, for smoking cigars in the Vienna Cafe, Salt Lake City; however, on March 9, Utah's ban on public smoking was repealed. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, January 11, 1958 (age 80 years, 153 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Relatives: Nephew of Simon Bamberger; son of Jacob Emanuel Bamberger (1852-1928) and Bertha (Greenwald) Bamberger (1858-1939); first cousin of Julian Maas Bamberger. See Bamberger family of Utah.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Simon Bamberger (1846-1926) — of Provo, Utah County, Utah. Born in Darmstadt, Germany, February 27, 1846. Son of Emanuel Bamberger and Helen (Fleish) Bamberger (1828-1925). Democrat. Coal business; hotel owner; director and treasurer Bamberger Electric Railway; member of Utah state senate, 1903-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1904, 1924; Governor of Utah, 1917-21. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died October 6, 1926 (age 80 years, 221 days). Interment at B'nai Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Emanuel Bamberger and Helen (Fleish) Bamberger (1828-1925); married, November 23, 1881, to Ida Maas (1863-1936); uncle of Ernest Bamberger; father of Julian Maas Bamberger. See Bamberger family of Utah.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Florence Prag Kahn (1866-1948) — also known as Florence P. Kahn; Florence Prag — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, November 9, 1866. Daughter of Conrad Prag and Mary (Goldsmith) Prag. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 4th District, 1925-37. Female. Jewish. Died in San Francisco, Calif., November 16, 1948 (age 82 years, 7 days). Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Married, March 19, 1899, to Julius Kahn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Louis Marcus (1880-1936) — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born January 9, 1880. Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1932-36; died in office 1936. Jewish. Died July 6, 1936 (age 56 years, 179 days). Interment at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Joseph Albert Ottenheimer (b. 1905) — also known as Joseph A. Ottenheimer — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, April 7, 1905. Republican. Insurance executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944 (alternate), 1948. Jewish. Member, Sigma Alpha Mu. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Hubert Mayer Safran (b. 1930) — of Colorado. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, December 25, 1930. Member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1965. Jewish. Member, Lions; Jaycees; B'nai B'rith; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Still living as of 1967.

 

 


 
   
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