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The Political Graveyard: American Bar Association, politicians, Utah

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Bar Association, politicians, Utah</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Allen</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-23.html">March 23, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spju.html">justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1922-34; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1934-59; took senior status 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aauw.html">American Association of University Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-beta-pi.html">Kappa Beta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>. Inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 2005. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/09-12.html">September 12, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LA-buried.html# ">Waite Hill Village Cemetery</a>, Waite Hill, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#140.26.31">Clarence Emir Allen</a> and Corinne Marie (Tuckerman) Allen.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=28&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence Ellinwood Allen">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75319381">Find-A-Grave memorial</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/florence-ellinwood-allen/">National Women's Hall of Fame</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio (1921)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Aldon Junior Anderson (1917-1996)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Aldon J. Anderson</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/01-03.html">January 3, 1917</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Utah, 1957-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Utah</a>, 1971-84; took senior status 1984. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/03-24.html">March 24, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 81 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms05724">Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Millcreek, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Aldon J. Anderson and Minnie (Egan) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/11-05.html">November 5, 1943</a>, to Virginia Barbara Weilenmann.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=42&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://billiongraves.com/pages/record/burial/4908089">BillionGraves burial record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>J. Blaine Anderson (1922-1988)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Blackfoot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BI-lived.html">Bingham County</a>, Idaho; Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho. Born in Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-born.html">Cache County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/01-19.html">January 19, 1922</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Idaho</a>, 1971-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit</a>, 1976-88; died in office 1988. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>. Died in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-died.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/04-16.html">April 16, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 88 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harry Hunt Atkinson (1881-1968)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Harry H. Atkinson</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-22.html">May 22, 1881</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/NY-officials.html">Nye County District Attorney</a>, 1917-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Nevada</a>, 1926-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NV.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zeta-psi.html">Zeta Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-28.html">November 28, 1908</a>, to Katherine Jackson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/09-01.html">September 1, 1961</a>, to Cecil Payn Chapman.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Raymond Barnes (1865-1944)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>A. R. Barnes</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Attica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FO-born.html">Fountain County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-18.html">March 18, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/attygn.html">Utah state attorney general</a>, 1909-17; district judge in Utah, 1925. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-epsilon.html">Delta Epsilon</a>. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/07-20.html">July 20, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Dr. Francis Barnes and Lucinda (Raymond) Barnes; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-09.html">October 9, 1888</a>, to Nellie Eliza Longyear; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-22.html">June 22, 1907</a>, to Josephine C. Naisbitt.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121060097">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Harold H. Burton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah; Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-lived.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho; East Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/06-22.html">June 22, 1888</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; assistant attorney, Utah <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Power & Light</a> Company and Utah <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Light</a> & <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Traction</a> Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Power</a> Company and Boise Valley <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Traction</a> Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cleveland.html">mayor of Cleveland, Ohio</a>, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OH.html">1944</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/speakers.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1941-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1945-58; took senior status 1958. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/10-28.html">October 28, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-buried.html#cms01541">Highland Park Cemetery</a>, Highland Hills, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alfred Edgar Burton and Gertrude (Hitz) Burton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-15.html">June 15, 1912</a>, to Selma Florence Smith.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001150">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402092">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=331&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/220/000163728">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5713">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Howard W. Cannon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Born in St. George, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/01-26.html">January 26, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1959-83; defeated, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/reserve-officers-assoc.html">Reserve Officers Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, at the Odyssey House <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">Hospice</a>, Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-died.html">Clark County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/03-06.html">March 6, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 39 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-21.html">December 21, 1945</a>, to Dorothy Pace.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien-oconner.html#200.37.14">Mike O'Callaghan</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000120">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402271">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Howard Cannon:</i> Michael Vernetti, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0874177618/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0874177618&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada: A Biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Isaac Blair Evans (b. 1885)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Isaac B. Evans</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah; Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-born.html">Weber County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-22.html">May 22, 1885</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Utah</a>, 1919-21. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Benjamin Evans and Ruth (Blair) Evans; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-30.html">June 30, 1909</a>, to Grace Grant.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harold Pegram Fabian (1885-1975)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Harold P. Fabian</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-01.html">April 1, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/UT.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/UT.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/UT.html">Republican National Committee from Utah</a>, 1928-32. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Conservationist; national and state parks advocate. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/12-06.html">December 6, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms00211">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Ferdinand John Fabian and Minnie Stella (Pegram) Fabian; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/10-19.html">October 19, 1910</a>, to Ruth Chapman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/162511">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Philo Taylor Farnsworth Jr. (1877-1952)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr.</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Beaver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/BV-born.html">Beaver County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/05-19.html">May 19, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; represented <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining</a> companies; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/UT.html">1940</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Utah</a>, 1940. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pancreatic-cancer.html">pancreatic cancer</a>, in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/10-04.html">October 4, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 138 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-buried.html# ">Aultorest Memorial Park</a>, Ogden, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1849-1920) and Julia Permelia (Murdock) Farnsworth; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-06.html">September 6, 1904</a>, to Louise Taylor Richards; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murdock.html#936.05.42">Orrice Abram Murdock Jr.</a> and Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971; inventor and television pioneer).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/152290806">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Valentine Gideon (1859-1951)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-lived.html">Weber County</a>, Utah; West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/IR-born.html">Iron County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-11.html">January 11, 1859</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/UT.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Utah state supreme court</a>, 1917-27, 1927-29; appointed 1927; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Utah state supreme court</a>, 1925-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/02-11.html">February 11, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms04344">Fairview Cemetery</a>, West Hartford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Calvin Gideon and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/">1889</a> to Elizabeth L. Lang.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Goodwin Jess Knight (1896-1970)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Goodwin J. Knight</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-born.html">Utah County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-09.html">December 9, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; superior court judge in California, 1935-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of California</a>, 1947-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector for California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-ahepa.html">Order of Ahepa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-delta-phi.html">Alpha Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-delta-chi.html">Sigma Delta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>. Died in Inglewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-22.html">May 22, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 164 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms05392">Hollywood Forever Cemetery</a>, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.; re-entombed in 1971 in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms03717">Rose Hills Memorial Park</a>, Whittier, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jess Knight and Lillie J. (Milner) Knight; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/">1925</a> to Arvilla Pearl Cooley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/08-02.html">August 2, 1954</a>, to Virginia (Piergue) Carlson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/goodwin-jess-knight/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin Knight">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/625/000119268">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1330729">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George W. Latimer (1900-1990)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; Born in Draper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-28.html">November 28, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Utah state supreme court</a>, 1954-59. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-03.html">May 3, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 156 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Grant MacFarlane (b. 1899)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in St. George, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/04-01.html">April 1, 1899</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/UT.html">secretary of Utah Democratic Party</a>, 1928; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/sthse.html">Utah state house of representatives</a>, 1929, 1935; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/stsen.html">Utah state senate</a>, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/UT.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/UT.html">1948</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/UT.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/UT.html">Utah Democratic state chair</a>, 1948-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/exchange-club.html">Exchange Club</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <b>American Bar Association</b>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Orton (1948-2009)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Bill Orton</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Provo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah; Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in North Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-born.html">Weber County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-22.html">September 22, 1948</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Utah</a> 3rd District, 1991-97; defeated, 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/UT.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/UT.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/UT.html">2008</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Utah</a>, 2000; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/UT.html">Democratic National Committee from Utah</a>, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/04-18.html">April 18, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 208 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000108">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408364">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/460/000141037">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Farrell Eugene Roberts (1922-1985)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Farrell E. Roberts</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Pontiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/03-29.html">March 29, 1922</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-officials.html">Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1953-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Oakland County 3rd District, 1957-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1961-64, 1965-66 (12th District 1961-64, 14th District 1965-66); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 2nd District, 1964, 1974 (primary); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1967-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-phi.html">Delta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-04.html">September 4, 1948</a>, to Phyllis E. Miller.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Vernon Romney (1896-1976)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Colonia Juarez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HH-born.html">Chihuahua</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-03.html">July 3, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/UT.html">Utah Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1936-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/UT.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/UT.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/UT.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/UT.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/UT.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/UT.html">Utah Republican state chair</a>, 1944-50, 1958-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/UT.html">Republican National Committee from Utah</a>, 1944-50, 1958-62; vice-president, State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Savings & Loan</a> Association. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <b>American Bar Association</b>. Died in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/01-09.html">January 9, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms05724">Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Millcreek, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Miles Park Romney and Catherine Jane (Cottam) Romney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/06-27.html">June 27, 1923</a>, to Anna Lois Bradford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/11-06.html">November 6, 1964</a>, to Helen Hackett Brown; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#996.78.92">Vernon Bradford Romney</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#577.46.53">Marion George Romney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#607.70.38">George Wilcken Romney</a> and Artemesia Romney (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#227.25.67">Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr.</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#653.21.32">George Scott Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#902.25.17">Willard Mitt Romney</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdaniel.html#011.63.59">Ronna Romney McDaniel</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#877.00.00">Craig Romney</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#838.65.96">Miles Romney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#640.39.28">Kenneth Romney</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#227.41.03">Miles J. Romney Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11871.html">Romney family</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/97544181">Find-A-Grave memorial</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://billiongraves.com/pages/record/burial/5161753">BillionGraves burial record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Sutherland (1862-1942)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Buckinghamshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-25.html">March 25, 1862</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/stsen.html">Utah state senate</a>, 1896; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Utah</a> at-large, 1901-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/UT.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/UT.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/UT.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/UT.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Utah</a>, 1905-17; defeated, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1922-38; took senior status 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>. Died in Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-died.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/07-18.html">July 18, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 115 days</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms01520">Abbey Mausoleum</a> (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms01464">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Suitland, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001080">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410533">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2316&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Sutherland">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/George Sutherland">Ballotpedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/875/000180335">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sutherland-george">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about George Sutherland:</i> Hadley Arkes, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691034729/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691034729&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Return of George Sutherland</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lester Andrew Wade (b. 1889)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Lester A. Wade</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-lived.html">Weber County</a>, Utah; Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Pleasant View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-born.html">Weber County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/07-08.html">July 8, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district judge in Utah, 1933-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Utah state supreme court</a>, 1943-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Utah state supreme court</a>, 1961-63. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>. 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