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U.S. District Attorneys in Utah

U.S. District Attorneys for Utah, 1850-1997 (may be incomplete!)
Seth M. Blair 1850-54 Joseph Hosmer 1854-55 John L. Peyton 1855-56 John M. Hockaday 1856-58 Alexander Wilson 1858-60 Thomas J. Kenny 1860-62 Hosea Stout 1862 Charles H. Hempstead 1870-71 George C. Bates 1871-73 William Cary 1873-76 Summer Howard 1876-78 Philip T. Van Zile 1878-84 William H. Dickson 1884-87 George S. Peters 1887-89 Charles S. Varian 1889-93 John W. Judd 1893-98 Charles O. Whittemore 1898-1902 Joseph Lippman 1902-06 Hiram E. Booth 1906-13 William W. Ray 1913-19 Isaac B. Evans 1919-21 Henry D. Moyle 1921 Charles M. Morris 1921-29 Charles R. Hollingsworth 1929-33 Daniel B. Shields 1933-49 Scott M. Matheson 1949-53 A. Pratt Kesler 1953-61 William T. Thurman 1961-69 C. Nelson Day 1969-74 William J. Lockhart 1974-75 Ramon M. Child 1975-77 Ronald L. Rencher 1977-81 Francis M. Wikstrom 1981 Brent D. Ward 1981-89 Stewart C. Walz 1989 Dee V. Benson 1989-91 David J. Jordan 1991-93 Richard D. Parry 1993 Scott M. Matheson, Jr. 1993-97

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1878 Jan 3: Summer Howard, resigned.
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