Reed Smoot was an American politician,businessman,and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902,he served as a Republican senator from 1903 to 1933. From his time in the Senate,Smoot is primarily remembered as the co-sponsor of the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act,which increased almost 900 American import duties. Criticized at the time as having "intensified nationalism all over the world" by Thomas Lamont of J.P. Morgan &Co.,Smoot–Hawley is widely regarded as one of the catalysts for the worsening Great Depression.
James David Matheson is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Utah from 2001 to 2015. He represented Utah's 2nd district from 2001 to 2013 and its 4th district from 2013 to 2015 as a member of the Democratic Party. While in office,he was Utah's only congressional Democrat,and his district was one of the most Republican-leaning districts to be represented by a Democrat.
Norman Howard Bangerter was an American politician and businessman who served as the 13th governor of Utah from 1985 to 1993. He was the first Republican elected to the position since 1960,and the first to hold the office since 1965.
Wallace Foster Bennett was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a US Senator from Utah from 1951 to 1974. He was the father of Bob Bennett,who later held his father's seat in the Senate.
Allan Turner Howe was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
James Duane Doty was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played an important role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory.
The Cannon family is a prominent U.S. political family in the states of Utah,Nevada and Idaho which descends from the 19th century marriage of George Cannon and Ann Quayle before their emigration from Peel,Isle of Man. The family's most notable member was their oldest son George Q. Cannon. The family is connected by marriage to the Bennion,Taylor,Wells and Young political families.
Frank Jenne Cannon was the first United States Senator from Utah,who served from 1896 to 1899.
John Milton Bernhisel was an American physician,politician,and early member of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was a close friend and companion to both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Bernhisel was the original delegate of the Utah Territory in the United States House of Representatives and acted as a member of the Council of Fifty of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Thomas Kearns was an American mining,banking,railroad,and newspaper magnate. He was a US Senator from Utah from 1901 to 1905. Unlike the predominantly Mormon constituents of his state,Senator Kearns was Catholic.
Merrill Alonzo Cook is an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican Party member in the United States House of Representatives from Utah.
Herbert Brown Maw was an American politician and educator who was the eighth governor of Utah. He served as governor from 1941 to 1949. He was a Democrat and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jacob Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Clarence Emir Allen was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Don Byron Colton was an American lawyer and politician who served six consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Utah from 1921 to 1933.
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Utah between 1963 and 1973.
David Daniel Marriott is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah's 2nd congressional district from 1977 to 1985.
William Spry was an American politician who was the third governor of the State of Utah. He is the namesake of the William Spry Agriculture Building that houses the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.
The Utah Territory during the American Civil War was far from the main operational theaters of war,but still played a role in the disposition of the United States Army,drawing manpower away from the volunteer forces and providing its share of administrative headaches for the Lincoln Administration. Although no battles were fought in the territory,the withdrawal of Union forces at the beginning of the war allowed the Native American tribes to start raiding the trails passing through Utah. As a result,units from California and Utah were assigned to protect against these raids. Mineral deposits found in Utah by California soldiers encouraged the immigration of non-Mormon settlers into Utah.
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