George W. Romney (1907-1995) Governor, Republican, Michigan Chairman, American Motors Corp. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, governor of Michigan, chairman of American Motors Corp. and a contender for the 1968 Republican presidential...
Larry Pressler Congress and Senate South Dakota He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1975-79) and three terms in the U.S. Senate (1979-97), losing re-election to Tim Johnson (1996). He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the Senate....
Ivy Baker Priest (1905-1975) US Treasurer She served as the U.S. Treasurer under President Eisenhower. Her signature appeared on U.S. currency from 1953 to 1961. She went on to serve as California Treasurer under Ronald Reagan. She was the mother of the actress who...
Jim Matheson Congressman Democrat Utah Jim Mathison who took office January 3, 2001, ran for reelection in 2012 in Utah’s 4th Congressional District. It was another uphill race for Matheson, but against serious odds he squeaked out a narrow win, beating Mia...
Rep. Dan Marriott Congressman Republican Utah (1977-1985) Photo Deseret News Since Congress, Marriott focused on his insurance and investment company, “and real estate was my hobby. But it got bigger than my business.” That includes building the...
Rep. Howard Nielson Congressman Republican Utah (1983-1991) Howard Nielson, chose to walk away from Congress after four terms to allow him and his wife to do some missionary work for the LDS Church. They then served full-time missions in Australia and Hungary and a...
Gregory J. Newell Undersecretary of State Republican In 1980 he became director of Presidential scheduling, Reagan-Bush Committee, Arlington, Virginia. In 1980 – 1981 he was a staff member of the Presidential Transition Foundation, Washington, DC. He then...
Buck McKeon Congressman Republican CaliforniaFirst elected in 1992, he is currently serving his seventh term, representing California’s twenty-fifth...
Mike Lee Michael Shumway “Mike” is a lawyer and a United States Senator from Utah. Lee has been a constitutional lawyer in Utah and Washington, D.C, in addition to serving as a clerk for then-Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. His father, Rex E. Lee, was the...
Raul Rafael Labrador U.S. Representative for Idaho’s 1st congressional district. In 2010 Labrador defeated Democratic incumbent Walt Minnick in the general election. Labrador was reelected in November 2012 after defeating Jimmy Farris. Days after the election...
Rep. David S. King Congressman Utah Democrat (1959-1963, ’65-67) David S. King, was a House member back when civil-rights legislation was being debated and the U.S. space program was just beginning (he supported both). He grew up in politics. His father,...
David Matthew Kennedy (1905-1996) Secretary of the Treasury Republican He became Secretary of the Treasury in 1968, during the Nixon administration. Secretary of the Treasury is a cabinet position second only to the Secretary of State. In addition to being Secretary...
Jeffrey Max Jones Senator – Mexico State of Chihuahua Born in Chihuahua, graduated from BYU. He participated in Committees on Agriculture, Livestock and Foreign Affairs and acted as Coordinator of Federal PAN Congressmen in Chihuahua. Jeffrey Max Jones was...
William Ide (1796-1852) President of the California Republic In 1846, he joined John C. Fremont in the Bear Flag Revolt. They took Sonoma and captured the Mexican Commandante of Northern California. They raised a new flag and declared the independent of the California...
Paul Hinman Canadian politician Paul Hinman (born 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and currently the sole legislative representative and leader of the Alberta Alliance Party. Paul was elected to his first term as...
Dean Heller Senator Nevada Dean Heller (R-Nevada) was reelected in 2012 to the Nevada Senate seat to which he was appointed when former Senator John Ensign resigned. Heller was not supported by LDS Senator and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), who...
Paula Hawkins US Senator, Republican, Florida First woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. As a member of the Senate Children’s Caucus, she was effective in raising public awareness of child abuse and was instrumental in passing the Missing...
Cresent Hardy Cresent Leo Hardy. A member of the Republican Party, Hardy is a member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing the 19th district. Hardy graduated from Virgin Valley High School and Dixie State College. He served as a city councilor for Mesquite,...
Ralph Harding US Congressman Democrat Idaho Harding died in October 2006 after suffering a heart attack at the age of 77. He was a Mormon and a Democrat who served in Congress from 1961 to 1965. Harding, born in 1929 at Malad City, was educated at the University of...
Jeff Flake Congressman Republican Arizona First elected in 2000, he is currently serving his third term, representing the Arizona’s sixth district. This district includes parts of Mesa and Chandler and all of Gilbert, Queen Creek, and Apache Junction. He comes...
