# David Smith Monson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Smith_Monson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Smith_Monson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smith_Monson > Source revision: 1350874845 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician For persons of a similar name, see [David Monson (disambiguation)](/source/David_Monson_(disambiguation)). David Monson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd district In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 Preceded by David Daniel Marriott Succeeded by Wayne Owens 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Utah In office January 3, 1977 – January 7, 1985 Governor Scott M. Matheson Preceded by Clyde L. Miller Succeeded by W. Val Oveson Personal details Born David Smith Monson (1945-06-20) June 20, 1945 (age 81) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Party Republican Spouse Julie Johnson Children 5[1] Education University of Utah (BS) Military service Allegiance United States Branch/service Utah Air National Guard Years of service 1967–1973 Rank Sergeant **David Smith Monson** (born June 20, 1945) is an American politician and former [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) and the second [lieutenant governor of Utah](/source/Lieutenant_governor_of_Utah). He is a member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)). ## Early life and education Born in [Salt Lake City, Utah](/source/Salt_Lake_City%2C_Utah), Monson attended public schools. He earned a B.S. from the [University of Utah](/source/University_of_Utah) in 1970. ## Early career He became a certified public accountant afterwards. He also served as a Sergeant in the Utah Air National Guard from 1967 to 1973.[2] ## Political career Monson was elected Utah State Auditor in 1972.[2] He was one of only two Republicans to win a statewide office that year, the rest being taken by the Democrats.[1] He served from 1973 to 1977. He then served as lieutenant governor of Utah for two terms, from 1977 to 1985.[2] ### Congress In 1984, Monson ran for the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for the [Ninety-ninth Congress](/source/99th_United_States_Congress). He had a difficult race due to reports of his going on a trade mission to Japan along with a man who was later accused of spying and a developer who had been accused of defrauding investors.[3] In the general election, he defeated former state Senator [Frances Farley](/source/Frances_Farley) by a vote of 105,540 to 105,044.[4] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1986, ending his political career on January 3, 1987 after serving only one term as a representative. ## Later career He subsequently became a business executive involved in international trade and recycling paper. He currently resides in Salt Lake City. Monson is a member of [the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints](/source/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints). ## Electoral history 1984 United States House of Representatives elections[5] Party Candidate Votes % Republican David Smith Monson 105,540 49.37 Democratic Frances Farley 105,044 49.13 Libertarian Hugh A. Butler 1,456 0.68 Independent James Waters 962 0.45 American Maryellen Gardner 791 0.37 Total votes 213,793 100.0 Republican hold ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Utah_History_Encyclopedia_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Utah_History_Encyclopedia_1-1) Fuller, Craig (1994). ["Monson, David Smith"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240801155540/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MONSON_DAVID.shtml). [*Utah History Encyclopedia*](https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia). University of Utah Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780874804256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780874804256). Archived from [the original](https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MONSON_DAVID.shtml) on August 1, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) ["MONSON, David Smith – Biographical Information"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000860). *bioguide.congress.gov*. Retrieved 2019-01-30. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Political outlook dims for women after hopes raised by Ferraro's bid](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/01/us/political-outlook-dims-for-women-after-hopes-raised-by-ferraro-s-bid.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=1) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Powell, Allan Kent (1994), ["Elections in the State of Utah"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170113125711/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/ELECTIONS.html), in Powell, Allan Kent (ed.), *Utah History Encyclopedia*, Salt Lake City, Utah: [University of Utah Press](/source/University_of_Utah_Press), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0874804256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0874804256), [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [30473917](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/30473917), archived from [the original](http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/ELECTIONS.html) on 2017-01-13, retrieved 2013-10-31 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [1984 Election Results](https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf) ## External links - United States Congress. ["David Smith Monson (id: M000860)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000860). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. - [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?1001126) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN) This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States). Political offices Preceded by Clyde L. Miller Lieutenant Governor of Utah 1977–1985 Succeeded by W. Val Oveson U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by David Daniel Marriott Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd congressional district 1985–1987 Succeeded by Wayne Owens U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) Preceded by Walt Minnick as Former U.S. Representative Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative Succeeded by Karen Shepherd as Former U.S. Representative v t e United States representatives from Utah Territorial (1851–1895) Seat Bernhisel Hooper Bernhisel Kinney Hooper G. Cannon Caine Rawlins F. Cannon One at-large seat (1895–1913) Seat Allen W. King Sutherland Howell Two at-large seats (1913–1915) Seat Howell Seat Johnson Districts (1915–present) (3rd district established in 1983) (4th district established in 2013) 1st district Howell Welling Colton Murdock Granger Stringfellow Dixon Peterson Burton McKay Hansen Bishop Moore 2nd district Mays Leatherwood Loofbourow Robinson Dawson Bosone Dawson D. King Lloyd D. King Lloyd W. Owens Howe Marriott Monson W. Owens Shepherd Greene Waldholtz Cook Matheson Stewart Maloy 3rd district Nielson Orton C. Cannon Chaffetz Curtis Kennedy 4th district Matheson Love McAdams B. Owens v t e Lieutenant governors of Utah Miller Monson Oveson Walker McKeachnie Herbert Bell Cox Henderson Authority control databases: People US Congress --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Smith Monson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smith_Monson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Smith_Monson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.