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Senate Years of Service: 1993-2011 Party: Republican
BENNETT, Robert, (son of Wallace Foster Bennett),
a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 18,
1933; attended Utah public schools; graduated University of Utah 1956; served
in the Utah National Guard 1957-1960; chief, Congressional liaison, U.S.
Department of Transportation; chief executive officer, Franklin Quest
1984-1992; chairman, Utah Education Strategic Planning Commission 1988; elected
as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1992; reelected in 1998 and
again in 2004, and served from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 2011;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 2010; was a resident of Arlington,
Va., until his death on May 4, 2016; interment at Salt Lake City
Cemetery.
BibliographyBennett, Robert F., with Kurt Hanks and Gerreld L. Pulsipher.
Gaining Control. Salt Lake City: Franklin Institute,
1987.
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