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Senate Years of Service: 1951-1974 Party: Republican
BENNETT, Wallace Foster, (father of Robert Bennett),
a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 13, 1898;
attended the public schools and the University of Utah; during the First World War, served as a
second lieutenant of Infantry; returned to the University of Utah and graduated in 1919; high
school principal and later businessman and paint manufacturer; president, National Association
of Manufacturers in 1949; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1950;
reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and served from January 3, 1951, until his resignation
December 20, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; resumed business pursuits; was
a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death on December 19, 1993; interment at Salt Lake
City Cemetery.
BibliographyBennett, Wallace F. Faith and Freedom:
The Pillars of American Democracy. New York: Scribner, 1950; Bennett, Wallace F.
Why I Am A Mormon. New York: T. Nelson, 1958.
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