David Smith Monson
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David Smith Monson is a former U.S. Representative
and the second Lieutenant Governor
from Utah
.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah
, Monson attended public schools.
B.S., University of Utah
, 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
. 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
to the Ninety-ninth Congress
(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
.
Monson is a Latter-day Saint.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
and the second Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of Utah
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1975. There have only been seven Lieutenant Governors in Utah's history. Prior to the creation of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the succession to the Governorship of Utah was held by the Utah Secretary of State...
from Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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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
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
, 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
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. 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
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Ninety-ninth Congress
99th United States Congress
The Ninety-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1985 to January 3, 1987, during the fifth and sixth...
(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
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...
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Monson is a Latter-day Saint.