Reed Smoot was an American politician,businessman,and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislature in 1902,he served from 1903 to 1933. 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.
Robert Foster Bennett was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Bennett held chairmanships and senior positions on various key Senate committees,including the Banking,Housing and Urban Affairs Committee;Appropriations Committee;Rules and Administration Committee;Energy and Natural Resources Committee;and Joint Economic Committee.
Brigham Henry Roberts was a historian,politician,and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He edited the seven-volume History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and independently wrote the six-volume Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Roberts also wrote Studies of the Book of Mormon—published posthumously—which discussed the validity of the Book of Mormon as an ancient record. Roberts was denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of his practice of polygamy.
David Matthew Kennedy was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 60th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and later as the 8th U.S. Ambassador to NATO,both under U.S. President Richard Nixon. He was Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of Continental Illinois during the 1950s and 1960s.
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.
Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. was an American businessman and religious leader who served as the Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his death in 2023. He had been a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1985. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve,Ballard was accepted by church members as a prophet,seer,and revelator. At the time of his death,he was the third most senior apostle in the church.
Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. is an American businessman,diplomat,and politician who served as the 16th governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the ambassador of the United States to Russia from 2017 to 2019,ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011,and ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993.
Joshua Reuben Clark Jr. was an American attorney,civil servant,and a prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Grantsville,Utah Territory,Clark was a prominent attorney in the Department of State,and Undersecretary of State for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. In 1930,Clark was appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico.
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 powerful politician was their oldest son George Q. Cannon. The family is connected by marriage to the Bennion,Taylor,Wells and Young political families.
Koln Gunn McKay was an American politician who represented the state of Utah. He served from January 3,1971 to January 3,1981,beginning in the ninety-second Congress and in four succeeding congresses.
Charles Rendell Mabey was an American politician who served as the fifth governor of Utah from 1921 to 1925. He is the last Utah governor to serve one term. He was a member of the Republican Party.
James Henry Moyle was a prominent American politician in Utah and noted as "one of Utah's most distinguished citizens and one of the Nations' able and devoted servants."
Morris Blaine Peterson was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Mark Evans Austad was an American radio and television commentator in Washington D.C.,and served under Gerald Ford as United States Ambassador to Finland from 1975 to 1977,and as United States Ambassador to Norway from 1981 to 1984,under Ronald Reagan.
Langhorne Anthony "Tony" Motley was a former United States Ambassador to Brazil (1981–83) and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1983–85). He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. Ambassador Motley had a wife and two children. He received his Bachelor of Arts from The Citadel in 1960.
John Albert Cloud is a professor in the National Security Affairs Department of the U.S. Naval War College and former ambassador for the United States of America to the Republic of Lithuania. Cloud also holds the William B. Ruger Chair of National Security Economics while specializing in European and economic issues.
Rodney Howard Brady was an American corporate businessman. He received a doctoral degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School (HBS). Beyond his work in the business world,Brady was the president of Weber State College. He was an assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health,Education,and Welfare (HEW) and was a member of a presidential committee. Brady was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had an enduring involvement in the Scouting movement.
David Sam is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
Hans George Klemm is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Romania from September 21,2015,to December 2019. Previously he also served as the United States ambassador to East Timor from June 12,2007,to May 25,2010.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah. Incumbent senator Mike Lee,who was first elected in 2010,won re-election to a third term,defeating Evan McMullin,an independent candidate who was endorsed by the Utah Democratic Party.
