David Smith Monson
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David Smith Monson is a former U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 and the second Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of Utah
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 from Utah
Utah
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Born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

, Monson attended public schools.
B.S., University of Utah
University of Utah
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, 1970.
Sergeant, Utah Air National Guard from 1967 to 1973.
Certified public accountant.
Monson was elected Utah State Auditor in 1972. He was only one of two Republicans to win a statewide office that year, the rest being taken by the Democrats. from 1973 to 1976.
Monson served as lieutenant governor of Utah from 1977 to 1984 or for two terms.

In 1984, Monson ran for the United States House of Representatives
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. He had a surprisingly difficult race that year. In the general election, he defeated former state Senator Frances Farley by a vote of 105,540 to 105,044 http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/e/ELECTIONS.html.

Monson served as a Republican
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 to the Ninety-ninth Congress
99th United States Congress
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 (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987).
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1986.
Business executive involved in international trade and recycling paper.
He is a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Monson is a Latter-day Saint.

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