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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.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; paint
manufacturer; automobile dealer; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1951-73, 1974-75; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
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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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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