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Aldon Junior Anderson (1917-1996) —
also known as Aldon J. Anderson —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
3, 1917.
Son of Aldon J. Anderson and Minnie (Egan) Anderson; married, November
5, 1943, to Virginia Barbara Weilenmann.
Lawyer;
district judge in Utah, 1957-71; U.S.
District Judge for Utah, 1971-84; took senior status 1984.
Mormon. Member, American Bar
Association; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 24,
1996 (age 79 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) —
also known as Marcus Jacob Austad —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio
announcer, broadcast
newsman, and host of his own television
news show; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1975-77; Norway, 1981-84.
Mormon.
Died in 1988
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert LeGrand Backman (b. 1922) —
of Utah.
Born March 22,
1922.
Member of Utah state legislature.
Mormon.
Still living as of 1996.
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Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr. (1901-1995) —
also known as Ariel S. Ballif —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Logan, Cache
County, Utah, December
9, 1901.
Son of John Lyman Ballif and Emma (Smith) Baliff; married, August
28, 1925, to Artemesia 'Arta' Romney (1904-1993; niece of Vernon
Romney; brother of Marion
George Romney; first cousin of George
Wilcken Romney and Vernon
Bradford Romney); father of Ariel Smith Ballif, Jr. (1926-1994;
theater set designer).
University
professor; Mormon
bishop; mayor of
Provo, Utah, 1961.
Mormon.
Died May 11,
1995 (age 93 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Provo, Utah.
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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; married, August 1,
1957, to Betty Ruth Fitzgerald.
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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Robert Foster Bennett (b. 1933) —
also known as Robert F. Bennett —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
18, 1933.
Son of Wallace
Foster Bennett.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1992-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wallace Foster Bennett (1898-1993) —
also known as Wallace F. Bennett —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, November
13, 1898.
Son of John Foster Bennett and Rosetta (Wallace) Bennett; married, September
6, 1922, to Frances Marion Grant; father of Robert
Foster Bennett.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; paint
manufacturer; automobile
dealer; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1951-73, 1974-75.
Mormon. Member, Rotary.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
19, 1993 (age 95 years, 36
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, 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; distant
relative of Robert
Alphonso Taft, Robert
Taft, Jr. and Robert
Alphonso Taft II; married, September
10, 1926, to Flora Smith Amussen.
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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John Milton Bernhisel (1799-1881) —
of Utah.
Born in Sandy Hill, Cumberland
County, Pa., July 23,
1799.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1851-59, 1861-63.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
28, 1881 (age 82 years, 67
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Robert Bishop (b. 1951) —
also known as Rob Bishop —
of Brigham City, Box Elder
County, Utah.
Born in Kaysville, Davis
County, Utah, July 13,
1951.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1979-94; Speaker of
the Utah State House of Representatives, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 2003-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 2004,
2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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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;
married, August
25, 1915, to Laura P. Crowley.
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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Clair Walter Burgener (1921-2006) —
also known as Clair W. Burgener —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Vernal, Uintah
County, Utah, December
5, 1921.
Son of Walter H. Burgener and Nora (Taylor) Burgener; married, September
27, 1941, to Marvia Hobusch.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; realtor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of California
state assembly, 1963-66; member of California
state senate, 1967-72; U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-83 (42nd District 1973-75,
43rd District 1975-83).
Mormon. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Encinitas, San Diego
County, Calif., September
9, 2006 (age 84 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, May 27,
1942, to Frances Davis.
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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Laurence Junior Burton (b. 1926) —
also known as Laurence J. Burton —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, October
30, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1963-71; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1970.
Mormon. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 1998.
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Christopher B. Cannon (b. 1950) —
also known as Chris Cannon —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
20, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer; business
owner; business
executive; Presidential Elector for Utah, 1996;
U.S.
Representative from Utah 3rd District, 1997-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Donald James Cannon (1919-1998) —
also known as D. James Cannon —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
8, 1919.
Relative of George
Quayle Cannon.
Member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1957-58; candidate for Governor of
Utah, 1964; candidate for mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1967.
Mormon.
Coined the Utah license plate slogan "The Greatest Snow On Earth".
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 5,
1998 (age 78 years, 87
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Frank Jenne Cannon (1859-1933) —
also known as Frank J. Cannon —
of Ogden, Weber
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
25, 1859.
Son of George
Quayle Cannon and Sarah (Jenne) Cannon; married, April 8,
1878, to Martha Anderson Brown (died 1908); married, June 29,
1909, to May Anderson Brown (sister of first wife); first cousin
four times removed of David
Nelson.
Printer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1892,
1896;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1895-96; defeated, 1892; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1896-99; Utah
Democratic state chair, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Utah, 1904.
Mormon.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 25,
1933 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ogden
City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah.
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George Quayle Cannon (1827-1901) —
also known as George Q. Cannon —
of Utah.
Born in Liverpool, England,
January
11, 1827.
Son of George Cannon (1794-1844) and Ann (Quayle) Cannon (1798-1842);
brother of Angus Munn Cannon (1834-1915; who married Martha
Maria Hughes); father of Frank
Jenne Cannon; relative of Donald
James Cannon; third great-granduncle of David
Nelson.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member Utah
territorial council, 1865-66, 1869-72; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1873-81.
Mormon.
Had five wives and 32 children; spent six months in federal penitentiary
for cohabitation.
Died in Monterey, Monterey
County, Calif., April 12,
1901 (age 74 years, 91
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon; married, December
21, 1945, to Dorothy Pace.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Martha Maria Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) —
also known as Martha Hughes Cannon; Mattie Cannon;
Martha Maria Hughes —
of Utah; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Llandudno, Wales,
July
1, 1857.
Daughter of Peter Hughes (1824-1861) and Elizabeth (Evans) Hughes
(1833-1923); married, October
6, 1884, to Angus Munn Cannon (1834-1915; brother of George
Quayle Cannon).
Physician;
member of Utah state
senate, 1897-1905.
Female.
Mormon.
First
woman state senator in the U.S.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 10,
1932 (age 75 years, 9
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Jason E. Chaffetz (b. 1967) —
of Alpine, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1967.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from Utah 3rd District, 2009-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joshua Reuben Clark, Jr. (1871-1961) —
also known as J. Reuben Clark, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Grantsville, Tooele
County, Utah, September
1, 1871.
Son of Joshua Reuben Clark and Mary Louisa (Woolley) Clark; married,
September
14, 1898, to Luacine A. Savage; father-in-law of Mervyn Sharp
Bennion (Captain of the U.S.S. West Virginia; killed in action at
Pearl Harbor).
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1930-33; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Utah, 1936.
Mormon. Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
6, 1961 (age 90 years, 35
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Harvey H. Cluff (b. 1872) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, October
24, 1872.
Son of Samuel S. Cluff and Frances A. (Worsley) Cluff; married, October
11, 1900, to Freda Barnum.
Republican. Lawyer;
District Attorney, 8th District, 1908-12; chair of
Utah County Republican Party, 1917-20; Utah
state attorney general, 1921-29; director of mining
companies.
Mormon. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Dewey Clyde (1898-1972) —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Springville, Utah
County, Utah, July 21,
1898.
Son of Hyram Smith Clyde and Elenore Jane (Johnson) Clyde; married,
September
10, 1919, to Ora Packard (1898-1988).
Engineer;
university
professor; Governor of
Utah, 1957-65.
Mormon. Member, Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Died in Salt Lake
County, Utah, April 2,
1972 (age 73 years, 256
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John Christopher Cutler (1846-1928) —
of Utah.
Born in Sheffield, England,
February
5, 1846.
Married 1871
to Sarah Elizabeth Taylor.
Salt
Lake County Clerk, 1884-90; Governor of
Utah, 1905-09; banker.
Mormon.
Found in the garage of his home, with a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound in his head, and died soon after in a hospital
at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 30,
1928 (age 82 years, 176
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Frank Evans (1873-1950) —
of Coalville, Summit
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Coalville, Summit
County, Utah, July 26,
1873.
Son of Henry Beck Evans and Anna Catherine (Brunn) Evans; married, December
31, 1902, to Priscilla Livingston.
Coal
miner; newspaper
editor; school
teacher; lawyer; Summit
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-07; member of Utah state
senate, 1915-17.
Mormon. Member, Exchange
Club; Newcomen
Society.
Died August
21, 1950 (age 77 years, 26
days).
Interment at Coalville
City Cemetery, Coalville, Utah.
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William Henry Folland (1877-1941) —
also known as William H. Folland —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
5, 1877.
Son of Eli A. Folland and Rachel A. (Lewis) Folland; married, November
6, 1903, to Grace Freeze (1879-1968).
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1929-39; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1937-39.
Mormon. Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 4,
1941 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Susa Young Gates (1856-1933) —
also known as Susa Young —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 18,
1856.
Daughter of Brigham
Young and Lucy (Bigelow) Young; married 1872 to Alma
Bailey Dunford (divorced 1877); married, January
5, 1880, to Jacob F. Gates.
Republican. Writer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1908.
Female.
Mormon. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 27,
1933 (age 77 years, 70
days).
Interment at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Earl Joseph Glade (b. 1885) —
also known as Earl J. Glade —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, December
2, 1885.
Son of James Richard Glade and Annie Louise (Norberg) Glade; married,
September
11, 1907, to Sarah Elizabeth Rasband.
University
professor; organizer, vice-president, Radio
Station KSL, Salt Lake City; mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1944-54.
Mormon. Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jedediah Morgan Grant (1816-1856) —
also known as Jedediah M. Grant; "Brigham's
Sledgehammer" —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Windsor, Broome
County, N.Y., February
21, 1816.
Mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1851-56; died in office 1856.
Mormon.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
1, 1856 (age 40 years, 284
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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.
Grandfather of Jon
Meade Huntsman, Jr..
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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James Vear Hansen (b. 1932) —
also known as James V. Hansen —
of Farmington, Davis
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
14, 1932.
Republican. Real estate
agent; insurance
agent; business
executive; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1973-80; Speaker of
the Utah State House of Representatives, 1979-80; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1981-.
Mormon. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert B. Hansen (1925-2005) —
Born in 1925.
Son of Cyril Hansen and Katherine (McFarlayne) Hansen.
Lawyer;
Utah
state attorney general, 1977-80.
Mormon.
Died December
25, 2005 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ephraim Hanson (b. 1872) —
of Ephraim, Sanpete
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Ephraim, Sanpete
County, Utah, March 10,
1872.
Son of James Peter Hanson and Christina (Jeppson) Hanson; married, June 5,
1901, to Ella Dorius.
Republican. Lawyer; Sanpete
County Attorney, 1910-11; district judge in Utah 3rd District,
1920-28; justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1929-38.
Mormon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin Grant Hatch (b. 1934) —
also known as Orrin G. Hatch —
of Midvale, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 22,
1934.
Married, August
28, 1957, to Elaine Hansen.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1977-; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 2004,
2008.
Mormon. Member, Federalist
Society.
Songwriter,
author of dozens of religious and patriotic songs.
Still living as of 2009.
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Paula Hawkins (1927-2009) —
also known as Paula Fickes; "The Battling Maitland
Housewife" —
of Maitland, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
24, 1927.
Daughter of Paul Burt Fickes and Mary Leoan (Staley) Fickes; married
1955 to
Walter Eugene Hawkins.
Republican. Model;
member of Republican
National Committee from Florida, 1968-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1972;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1972;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1981-87; defeated, 1986.
Female.
Mormon.
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 2000.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., December
3, 2009 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Interment at Palm
Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
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William Henry Hooper (1813-1882) —
also known as William H. Hooper —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., December
25, 1813.
Secretary
of Utah Territory, 1857-58; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Utah Territory, 1859-61, 1865-73; defeated,
1860; member of Utah
territorial senate, 1862.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, December
30, 1882 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Alice Smith Merrill Horne (1868-1948) —
also known as Alice Merrill Horne —
of Utah.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, January
2, 1868.
School
teacher; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1898.
Female.
Mormon.
Horne Hall at Brigham Young University is named for
her.
Died, of a heart
attack, October
7, 1948 (age 80 years, 279
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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.
Grandfather of Ida Frances Hunt (1858-1915; who married David
King Udall); great-grandfather of John
Hunt Udall, Jesse
Addison Udall and Don
Taylor Udall; second great-grandfather of John
Nicholas Udall; third great-grandfather of Gordon
Harold Smith.
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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Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr. (b. 1960) —
also known as Jon Huntsman, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March 26,
1960.
Grandson of David
Bruce Haight; son of Jon Huntsman (businessman, philanthropist).
Republican. Business
executive; U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1992-93; Governor of
Utah, 2005-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Mormon. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Youngest U.S. Ambassador of the 20th century.
Still living as of 2009.
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Daniel P. Jones (1856-1935) —
of Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Utah, 1856.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1923-24.
Mormon.
Died in 1935
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Matthew Kennedy (1905-1996) —
also known as David M. Kennedy —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Rich
County, Utah, July 21,
1905.
Son of George Kennedy and Katherine Kennedy; married 1924 to Lenora
Bingham.
Economist;
banker;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71; U.S. Ambassador to , 1971-73.
Mormon. Member, American
Economic Association; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 1,
1996 (age 90 years, 285
days).
Interment at Randolph
Cemetery, Randolph, Utah.
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David Sjodahl King (b. 1917) —
also known as David S. King —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 20,
1917.
Son of William
Henry King.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1959-63, 1965-67;
defeated, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1962; U.S. Ambassador to Malagasy Republic, 1967-69; Mauritius, 1968-69.
Mormon. Member, Jaycees.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Henry King (1863-1949) —
also known as William H. King —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Fillmore, Millard
County, Utah, June 3,
1863.
Son of William King and Josephine King; married 1890 to Anne
Lyman; father of David
Sjodahl King.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Utah
territorial legislature; member Utah
territorial council, 1891; justice of
Utah territorial supreme court, 1894-96; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1897-99, 1900-01; defeated,
1900, 1902; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1917-41; defeated, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1924,
1928.
Mormon.
Died November
27, 1949 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Michael Okerlund Leavitt (b. 1951) —
also known as Michael O. Leavitt; Mike
Leavitt —
of Utah.
Born in Cedar City, Iron
County, Utah, February
11, 1951.
Republican. Governor of
Utah, 1993-2003; resigned 2003; Presidential Elector for Utah, 1996,
2000;
administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2003-05; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2005-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Doyle Lee (1812-1877) —
also known as John D. Lee —
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., September
12, 1812.
Grandfather of Louise Lee (1893-1974; who married Levi
Stewart Udall) and Lela Lee (1895-1976; who married Jesse
Addison Udall); great-grandfather of Stewart
Lee Udall and Morris
King Udall; second great-grandfather of Thomas
S. Udall, Mark
E. Udall and Gordon
Harold Smith.
Member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1858.
Mormon.
Involved in the Mountain Meadows massacre on September 11, 1857, when
a Mormon militia and/or Paiute Indian tribesmen (accounts differ)
slaughtered about 120 settlers who had been traveling through Utah by
wagon train; indicted
for murder
almost twenty years later, and tried in
1875; the first trial ended in a hung jury; retried
in 1876; convicted
and sentenced to
death; released for a time in order to settle his business
affairs; executed
by firing squad, at Mountain Meadows, Washington
County, Utah, March 23,
1877 (age 64 years, 192
days).
Interment at Panguitch
Cemetery, Panguitch, Utah.
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Charles Rendell Mabey (1877-1959) —
also known as Charles R. Mabey —
of Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, October
4, 1877.
Son of Joseph Thomas Mabey (1845-1931) and Sarah Lucretia (Tolman)
Mabey (1855-1914); married, December
20, 1905, to Afton Rampton (1884-1946); father of Rendell
Noel Mabey.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
author;
banker;
president, Bonneville Irrigation District; president, Triangle Drug
Company; director, Bountiful Lumber and
Building Association; director, Bountiful Light and
Power Company; mayor
of Bountiful, Utah; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1913-16; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1916; Governor of
Utah, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 1924.
Mormon. Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; United
Spanish War Veterans; Navy
League; Rotary.
Died in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, April 26,
1959 (age 81 years, 204
days).
Interment at Bountiful
Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
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Rendell Noel Mabey (1908-2000) —
also known as Rendell N. Mabey —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, August 8,
1908.
Son of Charles
Rendell Mabey and Afton (Rampton) Mabey (1884-1946); married, December
24, 1933, to Rachel Wilson (1912-2004).
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
director of banks and
an insurance
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1936;
member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1943-48; Speaker of
the Utah State House of Representatives, 1947-48; candidate for
Governor
of Utah, 1948; member of Utah state
senate, 1953-56.
Mormon. Member, Sigma Nu.
Died November
8, 2000 (age 92 years, 92
days).
Interment at Bountiful
Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
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Grant MacFarlane (b. 1899) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, April 1,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Utah Democratic Party, 1928; member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1929, 1935; member of Utah state
senate, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Utah, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952;
Utah
Democratic state chair, 1948-49.
Mormon. Member, Exchange
Club; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Delta
Theta Phi; American 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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James David Matheson (b. 1960) —
also known as Jim Matheson —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 21,
1960.
Grandson of Scott
Milne Matheson (1900?-?); son of Scott
Milne Matheson (1929-1990); brother of Scott
M. Matheson, Jr..
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 2001-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 2004,
2008.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Koln Gunn McKay (1925-2000) —
also known as K. Gunn McKay —
of Utah.
Born in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, February
23, 1925.
Democrat. Member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1963-67; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1971-81; defeated, 1980,
1986, 1988.
Mormon.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntsville, Weber
County, Utah, October
6, 2000 (age 75 years, 226
days).
Interment at Huntsville
Cemetery, Huntsville, Utah.
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Evan Mecham (1924-2008) —
of Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duchesne, Duchesne
County, Utah, May 12,
1924.
Married 1945
to Florence Lambert.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Arizona
state house of representatives, 1952; member of Arizona
state senate, 1960-62; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1962 (Republican), 1992 (Independent); Governor of
Arizona, 1987-88; defeated, 1964, 1974, 1978, 1982.
Mormon. Member, John
Birch Society.
Indicted
in 1988 on six felony counts of perjury
and filing a false
campaign report, specifically of failing
to report a $350,000 loan to his campaign by Barry Wolfson, a
real estate developer; later acquitted of these charges. Impeached
by the Arizona House of Representatives on February 5, 1988, on charges
of obstructing
justice and illegally lending
state money to his business; convicted and
removed from office by the Arizona Senate on April 4, 1988. A recall
election was scheduled against him, but it was cancelled by the
Arizona Supreme Court.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
22, 2008 (age 83 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hamilton Morgan (1842-1894) —
Born in Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind., August 8,
1842.
Married to Mary Ann Linton (who later married David
King Udall).
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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Frank Edward Moss (1911-2003) —
also known as Frank E. Moss; Ted Moss; "The
Conscience of the Senate" —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Holladay, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
23, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952
(alternate), 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Utah, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1959-77; defeated, 1976.
Mormon. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions.
The Federal courthouse in Salt Lake City is named for
him.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
29, 2003 (age 91 years, 128
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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James Henry Moyle (1858-1946) —
also known as James H. Moyle —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in 1858.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1914; member of Democratic
National Committee from Utah, 1916-20.
Mormon.
Died in 1946
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrice Abram Murdock, Jr. (1893-1979) —
also known as Abe Murdock —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Utah.
Born in Austin, Lander
County, Nev., July 18,
1893.
Married to Mary V. Yardley.
Democrat. Lawyer; Beaver
County Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1933-41; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1940,
1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1941-47; defeated, 1946; member, National Labor
Relations Board, 1947-57.
Mormon.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
15, 1979 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Beaver, Utah.
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William Orton (b. 1948) —
also known as Bill Orton —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in North Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, September
22, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Utah 3rd District, 1991-97; defeated, 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1996,
2000,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Utah, 2008.
Mormon. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Calvin Crane Pendleton (1811-1873) —
also known as Calvin C. Pendleton —
of Nauvoo, Hancock
County, Ill.; Parowan, Iron
County, Utah.
Born in Hope, Knox
County, Maine, August
25, 1811.
Great-grandnephew of Nathan
Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin twice removed of Nathan
Pendleton (1779-1827); son of Job Pendleton (1782-1847) and
Betsey (Crane) Pendleton (1790-1859); fourth cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; married 1844 to Sally
A. Seavey; married 1846 to Phebe
Smith (marriage year estimated); married, November
14, 1849, to Sarah Ann Newberry; married, April 2,
1861, to Mary J. Coombs; second cousin once removed of James
Monroe Pendleton; third cousin of Edward
Wheeler Pendleton, Harris
Pendleton, James
Pendleton and Nathan
William Pendleton; second cousin of Joseph
Palmer Dyer.
Physician;
probate judge in Utah, 1853-55; member of Utah
territorial legislature, 1854; Iron
County Recorder, 1855-65.
Mormon.
Died in Parowan, Iron
County, Utah, April 21,
1873 (age 61 years, 239
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew C. Peterson (1870-1955) —
of Graham
County, Ariz.
Born in Utah, 1870.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1919-20.
Mormon.
Died in 1955
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ivy Baker Priest (1905-1975) —
also known as Ivy Baker; Ivy Baker P.
Stevens —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Kimberly, Piute
County, Utah, September
7, 1905.
Daughter of Orange D. Baker and Clara (Fernly) Baker; married 1935 to Roy F.
Priest (died 1959); married 1961 to Sidney
Stevens.
Republican. Candidate for Utah state
house of representatives, 1934; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1950; Treasurer of the
United States, 1953-60; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1964,
1972;
California
state treasurer, 1967-75; Presidential Elector for California, 1968.
Female.
Mormon.
Died, of cancer, June 23,
1975 (age 69 years, 289
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (1913-2007) —
also known as Calvin L. Rampton; Cal
Rampton —
of Davis
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, November
6, 1913.
Son of Lewellyn Smith Rampton and Janet (Campbell) Rampton; married,
March
10, 1941, to Lucybeth Cardon (died 2004).
Democrat. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. J.
W. Robinson, 1936-38; Davis
County Attorney, 1939-41; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1972;
Governor
of Utah, 1965-77.
Mormon.
The Calvin L. Rampton Complex of state office buildings was named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
CareSource Hospice,
Holladay, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
16, 2007 (age 93 years, 314
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Brigham Henry Roberts (1857-1933) —
also known as Brigham H. Roberts —
of Utah.
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, England,
March
13, 1857.
Democrat. Delegate to
Utah state constitutional convention, 1894; U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1899-1900.
Mormon.
His seat in Congress was declared
vacant in January 1900, because he was a polygamist.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
27, 1933 (age 76 years, 198
days).
Interment at Centerville
Ward Cemetery, Centerville, Utah.
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James William Robinson (1878-1964) —
also known as J. W. Robinson —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Coalville, Summit
County, Utah, January
19, 1878.
Married to Birda Billings.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; Utah
County Attorney, 1918-21; candidate for Utah
state attorney general, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Utah, 1928,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1933-47; defeated, 1946.
Mormon.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., December
2, 1964 (age 86 years, 318
days).
Interment at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Marion George Romney (1897-1988) —
also known as Marion G. Romney —
Born in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua,
September
19, 1897.
Son of George Samuel Romney (1874-1935) and Teressa Artemisia (Redd)
Romney (1874-1964); nephew of Vernon
Romney; married, September
12, 1924, to Ida Olivia Jensen (1890-1978); brother of Artemesia
Romney (who married Ariel
Smith Ballif, Sr.); first cousin of George
Wilcken Romney and Vernon
Bradford Romney.
Lawyer;
member of Utah state legislature.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 20,
1988 (age 90 years, 244
days).
Interment somewhere
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Vernon Romney (1896-1976) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua,
July
3, 1896.
Son of Miles Park Romney (1843-1904) and Catherine Jane (Cottam)
Romney (1855-1918); married, June 27,
1923, to Anna Lois Bradford; married, November
6, 1964, to Helen Hackett Brown; uncle of Marion
George Romney, George
Wilcken Romney and Artemesia Romney (who married Ariel
Smith Ballif, Sr.); father of Vernon
Bradford Romney.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Utah
Republican State Executive Committee, 1936-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
Utah
Republican state chair, 1944-50, 1958-62; member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1944-50, 1958-62; vice-president,
State Savings &
Loan Association.
Mormon. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
9, 1976 (age 79 years, 190
days).
Interment somewhere
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Matthew James Salmon (b. 1958) —
also known as Matt Salmon —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
21, 1958.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state senate, 1991-95; U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 1995-2001.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wayne LeRoy Sandberg (1918-1997) —
also known as Wayne Sandberg —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 13,
1918.
Member of Utah state
senate, 1978-86.
Mormon.
Died November
30, 1997 (age 79 years, 140
days).
Interment at Wasatch
Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John W. Shawcroft (1874-1964) —
of La Jara, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Fountain Green, Sanpete
County, Utah, December
13, 1874.
Republican. Farmer; rancher;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1940
(alternate), 1944;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1950.
Mormon.
Died in La Jara, Conejos
County, Colo., November
27, 1964 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sanford, Colo.
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George Albert Smith (1817-1875) —
of Utah.
Born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., June 26,
1817.
Member of Utah
territorial legislature.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
1, 1875 (age 58 years, 67
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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John Henry Smith (1848-1911) —
of Utah.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, September
18, 1848.
Member of Utah state legislature.
Mormon.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
13, 1911 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895) —
also known as Abraham O. Smoot; A. O.
Smoot —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., February
17, 1815.
Nephew of Daniel
Rowlett and Joseph
Rowlett; father of Abraham
Owen Smoot (1856-1911) and Reed
Owen Smoot; grandfather of Abraham
Owen Smoot III and Isaac
Albert Smoot.
Mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857-66; mayor of
Provo, Utah, 1868-81.
Mormon.
Died in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, March 6,
1895 (age 80 years, 17
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Albert Smoot (b. 1880) —
also known as I. A. Smoot —
of Utah.
Born in Provo, Utah
County, Utah, November
3, 1880.
Grandson of Abraham
Owen Smoot (1815-1895); son of Abraham
Owen Smoot (1856-1911); half-nephew of Reed
Owen Smoot; brother of Abraham
Owen Smoot III.
Democrat. Member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Utah, 1952.
Mormon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Reed Owen Smoot (1862-1941) —
also known as Reed Smoot —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, January
10, 1862.
Son of Abraham
Owen Smoot (1815-1895) and Anna Kristina (Morrison) Smoot;
half-brother of Abraham
Owen Smoot (1856-1911); married, September
17, 1884, to Alpha M. Eldredge; half-uncle of Abraham
Owen Smoot III and Isaac
Albert Smoot.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1903-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
speaker, 1916;
member of Republican
National Committee from Utah, 1912-20.
Mormon.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
9, 1941 (age 79 years, 30
days).
Interment at Provo
City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
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Karl Nelson Snow, Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Karl Snow —
of Provo, Utah
County, Utah.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, July 1,
1930.
Son of Karl Nelson Snow and Wanda (McGregor) Snow; married, January
29, 1960, to Donna Jean Dain; his nephew married the aunt of David
Guy Thometz.
Republican. Member of Utah state
senate, 1972-85; candidate in primary for Governor of
Utah, 1984; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Utah, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah 3rd District, 1990.
Mormon.
Still living as of 1990.
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William Spry (1864-1929) —
of Grantsville, Tooele
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Windsor, England,
January
11, 1864.
Son of Philip Spry and Sarah (Field) Spry; married, July 10,
1890, to Mary Alice Wrathall.
Republican. Governor of
Utah, 1909-17; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 1912.
Mormon.
Died April 21,
1929 (age 65 years, 100
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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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Robert S. Stevens (c.1916-2000) —
of California.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, about 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 60th District, 1963-67; member of California
state senate 25th District, 1967-77; superior court judge in
California, 1977-83.
Mormon.
Died in Santa Monica UCLA Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
9, 2000 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Thomas Stewart (1853-1935) —
also known as William T. Stewart —
of Kanab, Kane
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, October
18, 1853.
Married 1873
to Rachel Tamar Hamblin; married 1879 to Fannie
Maria Little; married 1880 to Mary
Ann Udall (sister of David
King Udall (1851-1938)); brother of Eliza Luella Stewart
(1855-1937; who married David
King Udall (1851-1938)); uncle of Levi
Stewart Udall.
Member of Utah
territorial House of Representatives, 1887-89.
Mormon.
Died in Alamo, Lincoln
County, Nev., August
21, 1935 (age 81 years, 307
days).
Interment at Alamo
Cemetery, Alamo, Nev.
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Douglas R. Stringfellow (1922-1966) —
of Utah.
Born in Draper, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
24, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1953-55.
Mormon.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
19, 1966 (age 44 years, 25
days).
Interment at Memorial
Gardens of the Wasatch, Ogden, Utah.
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Elbert Duncan Thomas (1883-1953) —
also known as Elbert D. Thomas —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 17,
1883.
Married 1907
to Edna Harker (died 1942).
Democrat. University
professor; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1933-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1948.
Mormon. Member, American
Society for International Law; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1953
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Lamont Felt Toronto (b. 1914) —
also known as Lamont Toronto —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, February
21, 1914.
Son of Albert Toronto and Minnie Etta (Felt) Toronto; married, February
21, 1940, to Helen Davidson.
Republican. Member of Utah state
house of representatives, 1947; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1952
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); secretary of
state of Utah, 1953-63.
Mormon. Member, Amvets.
Still living as of 1963.
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Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886-1973) —
also known as Arthur V. Watkins —
of Orem, Utah
County, Utah; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Midway, Wasatch
County, Utah, December
18, 1886.
Son of Arthur Watkins and Emily A. (Gerber) Watkins; married, June 18,
1913, to Andrea Rich.
Republican. Lawyer; rancher;
district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Mormon. Member, Rotary; Lions; Kiwanis.
Died in Orem, Utah
County, Utah, September
1, 1973 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Interment at Eastlawn
Memorial Hills, Orem, Utah.
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Daniel Hanmer Wells (1814-1891) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Trenton, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
27, 1814.
Mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1866-73.
Mormon.
Soon after his arrival in Utah in 1846, he married six wives.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 24,
1891 (age 76 years, 148
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Heber Manning Wells (1859-1938) —
also known as Heber M. Wells —
of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
11, 1859.
Married, June 5,
1901, to Emily Katz.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1892; delegate to
Utah state constitutional convention, 1895; Governor of
Utah, 1896-1905; banker.
Mormon.
Died of a stroke, March 12,
1938 (age 78 years, 213
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Brigham Young (1801-1877) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., June 1,
1801.
Father of Susa
Young Gates.
Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1850-58.
Mormon. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of peritonitis
and appendicitis,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mormon
Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Temple
Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Heritage
Plaza, St. George, Utah.
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