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Don Byron Colton

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Don Byron Colton

Birth
Mona, Juab County, Utah, USA
Death
1 Aug 1952 (aged 75)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Hillsdale Park 387-1-W
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US Congressman. Moved to Uintah County, Utah, in 1879 and attended the Uintah Academy in Vernal before graduating from Brigham Young University, in 1896. He took up teaching through 1902 and was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1903 but left to attend law school at the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Utah bar in 1905 and commenced practice in Vernal while also engaged in livestock. Became receiver of the United States land office at Vernal 1905 to 1914 before serving as delegate to the Republican State conventions 1914 to 1924. He served in the Utah senate from 1915 to 1917 along with acting as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1924, and 1928. He was elected as a Republican to the 67th (and five succeeding Congresses) where he was the chair on the Committee on Elections No. 1 and Committee on Public Lands. Defeated for reelection in 1932, he resumed law practice in Vernal before moving to Salt Lake City in 1937 to continue law and stock-raising. Ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1940.
US Congressman. Moved to Uintah County, Utah, in 1879 and attended the Uintah Academy in Vernal before graduating from Brigham Young University, in 1896. He took up teaching through 1902 and was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1903 but left to attend law school at the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Utah bar in 1905 and commenced practice in Vernal while also engaged in livestock. Became receiver of the United States land office at Vernal 1905 to 1914 before serving as delegate to the Republican State conventions 1914 to 1924. He served in the Utah senate from 1915 to 1917 along with acting as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1924, and 1928. He was elected as a Republican to the 67th (and five succeeding Congresses) where he was the chair on the Committee on Elections No. 1 and Committee on Public Lands. Defeated for reelection in 1932, he resumed law practice in Vernal before moving to Salt Lake City in 1937 to continue law and stock-raising. Ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1940.

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