# Don B. Colton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Don_B._Colton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Don_B._Colton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_B._Colton > Source revision: 1347550187 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician (1876–1952) Don B. Colton Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st district In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 Preceded by Milton H. Welling Succeeded by Abe Murdock Member of the Utah Senate In office 1915–1917 Member of the Utah House of Representatives In office 1903 Personal details Born (1876-09-15)September 15, 1876 Mona, Utah Territory Died August 1, 1952(1952-08-01) (aged 75) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Resting place Wasatch Lawn Cemetery Party Republican Spouse(s) Mazie Hall Grace Stringham Children 4 Alma mater Brigham Young University University of Michigan Law School **Don Byron Colton** (September 15, 1876 – August 1, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served six consecutive terms as a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Utah](/source/Utah) from 1921 to 1933. ## Early life Born near [Mona](/source/Mona%2C_Utah), [Juab County](/source/Juab_County%2C_Utah), [Utah Territory](/source/Utah_Territory), Colton moved with his parents to [Uintah County](/source/Uintah_County%2C_Utah), Utah Territory in 1879. He attended the public schools and the Uintah Academy, [Vernal, Utah](/source/Vernal%2C_Utah). He was graduated from the commercial department of [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University), [Provo, Utah](/source/Provo%2C_Utah), in 1896. He graduated from the law department of the [University of Michigan at Ann Arbor](/source/University_of_Michigan_at_Ann_Arbor) in 1905. He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) the same year and commenced practice in [Vernal, Utah](/source/Vernal%2C_Utah). ## Political career Colton was receiver of the United States land office at Vernal from 1905 to 1914. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1924, and 1928 as well as a delegate to the Republican State conventions from in 1914 and 1924. He was an unsuccessful candidate for [United States Senator](/source/United_States_Senator) in 1934. He was an unsuccessful candidate for [Governor of Utah](/source/Governor_of_Utah) in 1940. ### Utah House of Representatives Colton served as member of the [Utah House of Representatives](/source/Utah_House_of_Representatives) in 1903. He also served as member of the State senate from 1915 to 1917. ### Congress Colton was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Sixty-seventh](/source/67th_United_States_Congress) and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 ([Sixty-ninth](/source/69th_United_States_Congress) and [Seventieth](/source/70th_United_States_Congress) Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Seventieth and [Seventy-first](/source/71st_United_States_Congress) Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the [Seventy-third](/source/73rd_United_States_Congress) Congress. While in Congress Colton served as the [Sunday School](/source/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)) teacher for the LDS Church Sunday School in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)[1] ## Professional career He engaged in teaching in 1898, 1901, and 1902. Colton resumed the practice of law in [Vernal, Utah](/source/Vernal%2C_Utah). From 1910 to 1921 Colton served as the president of the Uintah [Stake](/source/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)) of [the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints](/source/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints) (LDS Church).[2] From 1933 to 1937, Colton served as [president](/source/Mission_president) of the Eastern States [Mission](/source/Mission_(LDS_Church)) of the LDS Church.[3] He moved to [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City) in 1937 and continued the practice of law. He also engaged in farming, ranching, sheep and stock raising, and other business enterprises. ## Death Colton died in [Salt Lake City, Utah](/source/Salt_Lake_City%2C_Utah), August 1, 1952. 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. Wyley Sessions](/source/J._Wyley_Sessions) in 1938. Colton was interred in Wasatch Lawn Cemetery. ## Sources 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kimball, Spencer W., talk in October 1968 general conference 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Andrew Jenson](/source/Andrew_Jenson). *Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia*, vol. 4, p. 651 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Conference Report, April 1935 - Elder Don B. Colton](http://gospelink.com/next/doc?book_doc_id=219079)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Conferences Report* General Conference of the LDS Church, October 1952, p. 4 - United States Congress. ["Don B. Colton (id: C000652)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000652). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. 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). Party political offices Preceded by Ernest Bamberger Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Utah (Class 1) 1934 Succeeded by Philo Farnsworth Preceded by Ray E. Dillman Republican nominee for Governor of Utah 1940 Succeeded by J. Bracken Lee U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Milton H. Welling Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st congressional district 1921–1933 Succeeded by Abe Murdock v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources Gregg Boyle Gregg Boyle Morrow McKee Robertson Poindexter Anderson Rankin Scott Isacks Wickliffe Clay Boon Casey Corwin Mason Morrow Johnson Morrow Chapman Morrow Davis McClernand Collamer Bowlin Hall Disney Bennett W. Cobb Thayer Potter Julian Ketcham Townsend Sayler Morrison Converse Pound T. Cobb Holman Payson McRae Lacey Mondell J. T. Robinson Ferris Sinnott Colton Evans De Rouen J. W. Robinson Peterson Welch Somers Peterson Murdock A. Miller Engle Aspinall Haley Udall G. Miller Young Hansen Pombo Rahall Hastings Bishop Grijalva Westerman 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 Authority control databases International VIAF FAST WorldCat National United States People US Congress Other SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Don B. Colton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_B._Colton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_B._Colton?action=history)). 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