Don Byron Colton (September 15, 1876 – August 1, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Utah. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States.
Born near Mona, Juab County, Utah Territory, Colton moved with his parents to Uintah County, Utah Territory in 1879. Mona is a town in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo &ndash Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area Juab County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8238 and by 2005 had been estimated Uintah County (juːˈɪntə is a County located in the US state of Utah. He attended the public schools and the Uintah Academy, Vernal, Utah. "Vernal" is an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to spring. He was graduated from the commercial department of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1896. Provo is a city in and the County seat He engaged in teaching in 1898, 1901, and 1902. He served as member of the Utah House of Representatives in 1903. The Utah House of Representatives is the lower body of the Utah State Legislature. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Vernal, Utah. "Vernal" is an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to spring. He also engaged in ranching, sheep raising, and other business enterprises. Receiver of the United States land office at Vernal 1905-1914. He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions 1914-1924. He served as member of the State senate 1915-1917. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1924, and 1928.
From 1910-1921 Colton served as the president of the Uintah Stake of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known [1]
Colton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933). Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. While in Congress Colton served as the Sunday School teacher for the LDS Church Sunday School in Washington, D.C.. Sunday School is an official Auxiliary organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D [2]
Colton resumed the practice of law in Vernal, Utah. "Vernal" is an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to spring. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1934. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
From 1933 to 1937, Colton served as president of the Easten States Mission of the LDS Church. Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church This article is about a geographical administrative area within the LDS Church [3]
He moved to Salt Lake City in 1937 and continued the practice of law. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U He also engaged in farming and stock raising. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1940.
Colton died in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1, 1952. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Immediately prior to this he was serving as the head of the LDS Church mission home in Salt Lake City. [4] Colton had been serving in this position since he had taken over from J. Wylie Sessions in 1938.
Colton was interred in Wasatch Lawn Cemetery.
Sources
- ^ Andrew Jenson. Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, ( 11 December 1850 – 1941 was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 651
- ^ Kimball, Spencer W. , talk in October 1968 general conference
- ^ Conference Report, April 1935 - Elder Don B. Colton
- ^ Conferences Report General Conference of the LDS Church, October 1952, p. 4
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