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Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in Utah
(Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)

Anthon Anderson (1851-1923) — of Logan, Cache County, Utah. Born in Kristiansand, Norway, December 2, 1851. Mayor of Logan, Utah, 1898-1901. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Logan, Cache County, Utah, April 17, 1923 (age 71 years, 136 days). Interment at Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.   Relatives: Son of Gunder Anderson and Kari (Anderson) Anderson; married to Mary Findley Henderson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record   Charles Anderson (1875-1949) — of Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Fredrikstad, Norway, November 18, 1875. Socialist. Mayor of Murray, Utah, 1920-23. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Eagles. Died in Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 11, 1949 (age 73 years, 327 days). Burial location unknown.   See also Wikipedia article   Edward H. Anderson — of Weber County, Utah. Born in Sweden. U.S. Surveyor-General for Utah, 1901-05. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown. Lewis Robert Anderson (1872-1968) — also known as Lewis R. Anderson — of Manti, Sanpete County, Utah. Born in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah, March 26, 1872. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1920. Mormon. Swedish and English ancestry. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, October 19, 1968 (age 96 years, 207 days). Interment at Manti Cemetery, Manti, Utah.   Relatives: Son of Lewis Anderson and Mary Ann (Crowther) Anderson; married 1895 to Clara Maria Munk.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Deseret News, April 30, 1943   Mark Evans Austad (1917-1988) — also known as Marcus Jacob Austad; "Mark Evans" — of Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Ogden, Weber County, Utah, April 1, 1917. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio announcer, broadcast newsman, and host of his own television news show; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1975-77; Norway, 1981-84. Mormon. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Arizona, October 20, 1988 (age 71 years, 202 days). Interment at Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Utah.   The Mark Evans Austad Auditorium, at Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, is named for him.   Epitaph: "Grandpa, I'll bet Heavenly Father will be happy to see you."   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lorenzo Edward Elggren (1879-1973) — also known as Lorenzo E. Elggren — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Idaho, December 17, 1879. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1948, 1952. Swedish ancestry. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, November 11, 1973 (age 93 years, 329 days). Interment at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.   Relatives: Son of Adolph Elggren and Johannah Elggren; married to Flossie Ossman.   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   Franklin S. Forsberg (1905-2002) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 21, 1905. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; publishing executive; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1981-85. Swedish ancestry. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., March 29, 2002 (age 96 years, 159 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Ann Rountree.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary Reed Owen Smoot (1862-1941) — also known as Reed Smoot — of Provo, Utah County, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, January 10, 1862. Republican. U.S. Senator from Utah, 1903-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1908, 1912, 1916 (speaker), 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1924, 1928 (chair, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1932; member of Republican National Committee from Utah, 1912-20. Mormon. Norwegian ancestry. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 9, 1941 (age 79 years, 30 days). Interment at Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895) and Anna Kristina (Mauritzdatter) Smoot; half-brother of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911); married, September 17, 1884, to Alpha May Eldredge; married, July 2, 1930, to Alice (Taylor) Sheets; half-uncle of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot; grandnephew of Daniel Owen Rowlett and Joseph Rowlett.   Political families: Bullock family of Massachusetts; Clinton-DeWitt family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902

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