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Farmer Politicians in Utah
including Planters, Ranchers, Growers, Animal Breeders

  John Richard Barnes (1833-1919) — also known as John R. Barnes — of Kaysville, Davis County, Utah. Born in Bedfordshire, England, July 28, 1833. Democrat. Farmer; merchant; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President), 1916 (Honorary Vice-President). Mormon. Died in Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, January 21, 1919 (age 85 years, 177 days). Interment at Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of William Barnes and Elizabeth (Jeffries) Barnes; married 1865 to Elizabeth Geeves; married 1869 to Emily Stewart; married to Emily Shelton; father of John George Moroni Barnes (who married Miriam McFerson) and Minnie Ann Barnes (who married Henry Hooper Blood).
  Political family: Barnes family of Kaysville, Utah.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harden Bennion (1862-1936) — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 7, 1862. Democrat. Rancher; merchant; postmaster at Vernal, Utah, 1895-98; member of Utah state senate 12th District, 1899-1904; secretary of state of Utah, 1917-20; Utah Democratic state chair, 1925. Mormon. Member, Delta Phi. Died, in a hospital at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 12, 1936 (age 74 years, 5 days). Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of John Bennion and Esther Ann (Birch) Bennion; married 1893 to Vilate Kimball Nebeker.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Ezra Taft Benson Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) — Born in Whitney, Franklin County, Idaho, August 4, 1899. Farmer; agricultural extension agent; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61. Mormon. Member, Farm Bureau; Alpha Zeta; Kiwanis; Rotary. 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.
  Relatives: Son of George Taft Benson and Sarah (Dunkley) Benson; married, September 10, 1926, to Flora Smith Amussen; distant relative *** of Robert Alphonso Taft, Robert Taft Jr. and Robert Alphonso Taft III.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
  Claude J. Burtenshaw (b. 1918) — of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho; Logan, Cache County, Utah. Born in Bonneville County, Idaho, February 24, 1918. 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; candidate for mayor of Logan, Utah, 1989. Mormon. Member, Kiwanis; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of W. F. Burtenshaw and Olive (Humphrey) Burtenshaw; married, May 27, 1942, to Frances Davis.
  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.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Norman Wines Erekson (1867-1945) — also known as Norman W. Erekson — of Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in South Cottonwood (now part of Murray), Salt Lake County, Utah, March 9, 1867. Republican. Rancher; mayor of Murray, Utah, 1918-19. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, April 6, 1945 (age 78 years, 28 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Edwin Dilworth Hatch (1889-1953) — also known as Edwin D. Hatch — of Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah. Born in Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, March 10, 1889. Republican. Livestock raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1924. Mormon. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, March 21, 1953 (age 64 years, 11 days). Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Abram Chase Hatch and Ruth (Woolley) Hatch; married, June 19, 1907, to Vernico Burton; married, May 20, 1931, to Erna Snarr; first cousin once removed of Edward Wingate Hatch, Aura Charles Hatch and Adrian William Hatch; first cousin twice removed of Orrin Grant Hatch; fourth cousin once removed of Herschel Harrison Hatch and Jethro Ayers Hatch.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James J. Layton — of Layton, Davis County, Utah. School teacher; farmer; mayor of Layton, Utah; elected 1989. Still living as of 1989.
  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. 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.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Rendell Mabey and Afton (Rampton) Mabey; married, December 24, 1933, to Rachel Wilson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Redd (1889-1975) — also known as Charlie Redd — of La Sal, San Juan County, Utah. Born in Bluff, San Juan County, Utah, May 8, 1889. Republican. Rancher; postmaster; farm implement dealer; banker; member of Utah state house of representatives, 1923-31; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944, 1960. Mormon. Died in Provo, Utah County, Utah, March 30, 1975 (age 85 years, 326 days). Interment at Blanding City Cemetery, Blanding, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Eliza Ann (Westover) Redd and Lemuel Hardison Redd; married, August 29, 1931, to Annaley Naegle.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Curtis L. Shaw (1888-1944) — of Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Union (now part of Midvale), Salt Lake County, Utah, March 1, 1888. Farmer; builder; mayor of Murray, Utah, 1942-43. Member, Lions. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., February 19, 1944 (age 55 years, 355 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  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. Republican. Lawyer; rancher; district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate for U.S. Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1944, 1948, 1956; 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.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur Watkins and Emily A. (Gerber) Watkins; married, June 18, 1913, to Andrea Rich.
  Cross-reference: Vernon B. Romney
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Jean Westwood (1923-1997) — also known as Jean Miles — of West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah; Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Price, Carbon County, Utah, November 22, 1923. Democrat. Mink raiser; writer; staff member for U.S. Rep. David S. King, 1965-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1972; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1996. Female. Died, of pituitary cancer, in American Fork Hospital, American Fork, Utah County, Utah, August 18, 1997 (age 73 years, 269 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Francis Marion Miles and Nettie (Potter) Miles; married 1941 to Richard E. Westwood.
  See also Wikipedia article
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