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David King Udall, Sr. (September 7, 1851 – February 18, 1938) was a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature and the founder of the Udall political family. Image File history File links Summary Image of Politician David King Udall Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Arizona Territorial Legislature was the legislative body of Arizona Territory. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area - City 66. ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... St. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Udall is the family name of a U.S. political family. ... This is a partial listing of prominent political families around the world. ...

Childhood years

David King Udall was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1851. His parents, David Udall and Eliza King had immigrated to the United States from England earlier in the year. In 1852 they followed the Mormon Trail to Utah. They settled in Nephi. Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area - City 66. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area Ranked 21st - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 kmÂ²) - Width 240 miles (385 km) - Length 300 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Mormon Trail or Mormon Pioneer Trail is the 1,300 mile route that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled from 1846-1857. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Nephi is a city located in Juab County, Utah. ...

Udall spent his childhood farming. As a teenager, he spent a short period as a laborer building the Union Pacific Railroad which became part of the First Transcontinental Railroad. The Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks UP) (NYSE: UNP), headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. ... This article refers to a railroad built in the United States between Omaha and Sacramento completed in 1869. ...

Early adulthood

In 1875, Udall married his first wife, Eliza Stewart. Shortly thereafter he was called by the Mormon Church on a mission to England, where he remained until 1877. Eliza Luella (Stewart) Udall (May 21, 1855 - May 28, 1937) was the first telegraph operator in Arizona. ... For other uses, see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (disambiguation). ...

In 1880, while again living in Nephi, Udall was called to be the Mormon bishop in St. Johns, Arizona. At the time, St. Johns was a small and primarily hispanic Catholic community. Immediately after moving his family there, Udall purchased lands and directed improvements geared toward creating a larger Mormon settlement of the area. This outraged local residents, who were happy with the prior state of things, and Udall became a hated figure to many. In Mormonism, the Bishop is the leader of a local congregation and an office of the Aaronic Priesthood. ... St. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ...

Polygamy and imprisonment

In 1882, Udall took a second wife, Ida Hunt, a granddaughter of Jefferson Hunt. That same year the U.S. Congress passed the Edmunds Act to aid in the prosecution of polygamists. Udall was indicted on charges of unlawful cohabitation in 1884. He was never convicted, because his second wife lived in another town, and prosecutors could not locate Ida to compel her testimony against him. Jefferson Hunt (January 22, 1804 - May 11, 1879) Western Pioneer. ... The Edmunds Act, signed into law on March 23, 1882, declared polygamy a felony. ... Polygamy has been a feature of human culture since earliest history. ... This article is about a living arrangement. ...

Prosecutors remained determined to make an example of Udall, and in 1885, he was indicted and convicted on perjury charges, related to a sworn statement he made about the land claim of a fellow Mormon. He spent 3 months in a Federal Prison in Detroit, Michigan before receiving a full and unconditional pardon by President Grover Cleveland on December 12, 1885. Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815 County Wayne County Mayor... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Largest metro area Metro Detroit Area Ranked 11th - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 kmÂ²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 491 miles (790 km) - % water 41. ... For the Breton religious festivals, see Pardon (ceremony). ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 â€“ June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885â€“1889) and 24th (1893â€“1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ...

Later years

Udall was appointed to be a Stake president, a higher position in the Mormon hierarchy, in 1887. He held that position for the next 35 years. A stake president is a title held by a Mormon religious leader who oversees a unit of the church called a stake. ...

In 1899, he served a single term as a representative to the Arizona Territorial Legislature (which later became the Arizona Senate after statehood).

In 1903, he quietly married the former Mary Ann Linton, widow of John Hamilton Morgan, who had been a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature. This marriage ran contrary to the Mormon Church's decision to ban polygamy in 1890. Years later Matthias F. Cowley, the official who performed the ceremony, was stripped of his priesthood by the Mormon Church. When the marriage came to light, Udall was never sanctioned, but he was forced to cease marital relations with Mary. He did, however, continue to support her and her children (from her marriage to Morgan) financially until the children reached adulthood. John Hamilton Morgan (August 8, 1842â€“August 14, 1894), was an early educator in Utah, an official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a politician. ... The Utah Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1850 and 1896. ... The 1890 Manifesto, sometimes simply called The Manifesto, was a historical statement which officially renounced the practice of polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church; see also Mormon). Signed on by LDS President Wilford Woodruff in September of 1890, the Manifesto was a... Matthias Foss Cowley (1858â€“1940) (commonly known as Matthias F. Cowley) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1897 until his death in 1940. ...

From 1927 to 1934 he served as the president of the LDS Mesa Arizona Temple. LDS temple in Mesa at night, showing the distinctive spireless design. ...

He wrote an autobiography, Arizona Pioneer Mormon, in collaboration with his daughter Pearl Udall Nelson.

His wives Ida and Eliza preceded him in death in 1915 and 1937, respectively. He died in 1938 in Saint Johns.

Trivia

The perjury conviction for which Udall was later pardoned stemmed from an affidavit he swore on the land claim of Miles Romney (grandfather of George Romney).^{[citation needed]} Udall's bail was posted by Baron Goldwater (uncle of Barry).^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 â€“ July 26, 1995) was chairman of the American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962 and was elected three times as the Republican Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. ... Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 â€“ May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953â€“1965, 1969â€“87) and the Republican Partys nominee for president in the 1964 election. ...

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