In 1914, Utah Democrats allied with the Progressive party to take control of both houses of the Utah legislature as well as many county offices. Two years later, the Democrats scored a major victory garnering the state's electoral votes for Wilson, and electing Simon Bamberger as Governor, William H. King to the U.S. Senate and both representatives in Congress. The state legislature was overwhelmingly Democratic as well.
[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Democrats in Utah, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]
The 2 Democratic reps. in Congress were James Henry Mays and Milton H. Welling.
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ReplyDeleteWilson, of course, was 28th U.S. president Woodrow Wilson.
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