US Army Colonel. He attended Santa Clara and Yale Universities, and worked at several occupations before settling in Salt Lake City. He was Chief Clerk of the Utah Territorial Assembly, Salt Lake County Clerk, and a delegate to the Utah constitutional convention which resulted in statehood in 1895. In 1898 Stanton was appointed a paymaster in the Army, and served in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War. At the start of World War I he was a Lieutenant Colonel, and he served as chief disbursing officer for the American Expeditionary Forces. Stanton visited the tomb of Lafayette to give a speech on July 4, 1917, and delivered the famous line often misattributed to General Pershing: "Lafayette, we are here!" Stanton received the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor, and retired in 1921. He later served as a commissioner of San Francisco's Board of Public Works, and was recognized as the American Legion's one millionth member when he joined in 1931.
US Army Colonel. He attended Santa Clara and Yale Universities, and worked at several occupations before settling in Salt Lake City. He was Chief Clerk of the Utah Territorial Assembly, Salt Lake County Clerk, and a delegate to the Utah constitutional convention which resulted in statehood in 1895. In 1898 Stanton was appointed a paymaster in the Army, and served in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War. At the start of World War I he was a Lieutenant Colonel, and he served as chief disbursing officer for the American Expeditionary Forces. Stanton visited the tomb of Lafayette to give a speech on July 4, 1917, and delivered the famous line often misattributed to General Pershing: "Lafayette, we are here!" Stanton received the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor, and retired in 1921. He later served as a commissioner of San Francisco's Board of Public Works, and was recognized as the American Legion's one millionth member when he joined in 1931.
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