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Hiram Booth

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Hiram Booth
United States Attorney for Utah
In office
1906–1914
Preceded byJoseph Lippman
Succeeded byWilliam W. Ray
Member of the Utah State Senate
In office
1895–1897
Member of the Utah Territorial Assembly
In office
1894
Personal details
Born
Hiram Evans Booth

(1860-10-25)October 25, 1860
Postville, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJuly 9, 1940(1940-07-09) (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Carrie M. Robinson
(m. 1886; died 1887)
Lillian B. Redhead
(m. 1889)
Children3

Hiram Evans Booth (October 25, 1860 – July 9, 1940) was a Utah State Senator and United States Attorney.

Biography

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Hiram Booth was born near Postville, Iowa on October 25, 1860.[1][2]

A Liberal and then a Republican, Booth was active in Utah politics for decades.[3] He served in the last Utah Territorial Assembly in 1894, and was a senator in the 1st Utah State Legislature from 1895 to 1897. He was United States Attorney for Utah for two terms, beginning in 1906.[1][4]

Personal life

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He married Carrie M. Robinson on August 26, 1886 and they had one daughter. However, his wife died in December 1887. He remarried, to Lillian B. Redhead, on May 29, 1889, and they had two children.[1]

He died in Los Angeles on July 9, 1940.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Press Reference Library Notables of the West. Vol. II. International News Service. 1915. p. 246. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Booth at The Political Graveyard
  3. ^ United States Congressional serial set, Issue 4933, Document No. 486, In The Matter of The Protests Against The Right of Hon. Reed Smoot, A Senator From the State of Utah, To Hold His Seat, Volume II, pages 705-742
  4. ^ a b "Death Claims Former Utah G.O.P. Leader". The Salt Lake Tribune. July 11, 1940. p. 24. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.