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Hiram Evans Booth (b. 1860) —
also known as Hiram E. Booth —
of Carson, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born near Postville, Allamakee
County, Iowa, October
25, 1860.
Son of Joseph Booth and Caroline (Bishop) Booth.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Utah
territorial senate, 1894-96; member of Utah state
senate, 1896-97; U.S.
Attorney for Utah, 1906-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sandford Hunt Brownlee (d. 1929) —
Newspaper correspondent; member of Utah state
house of representatives.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y., April 6,
1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Dawson (1820-1877) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820.
Farmer;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861.
In December, 1861, after less than a month as territorial governor,
fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured.
Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877 (age 56 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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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.
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 Harrison Hornibrook (1884-1946) —
also known as William H. Hornibrook —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho; Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.; Utah.
Born in Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa, July 6,
1884.
Son of Dr. Edward Hornibrook and Rosina Hornibrook.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Idaho
state senate, 1910-12; member of Oregon
Democratic State Central Committee, 1913-15; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1915-16; Persia, 1933-36; Afghanistan, 1935-36; Costa Rica, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1918-19.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1946
(age about
61 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Nicholas Ifft II (1892-1974) —
also known as G. Nicholas Ifft —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March 5,
1892.
Son of George
Nicholas Ifft and Etta (Riddle) Ifft (1870-1962).
Republican. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1932.
Died in Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho, October
3, 1974 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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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.
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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Jack H. Rogers (born c.1916) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Utah, about 1916.
Democrat. Newspaper work; member of Washington
state senate 23rd District, 1945-47.
Still living as of 1947.
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David Guy Thometz (b. 1966) —
also known as David Thometz —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; South Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born, in Providence Hospital,
Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., February
24, 1966.
Democrat. Graphic
designer; newspaper columnist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 2000.
Gay.
Still living as of 2002.
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