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Romney's grandparents were polygamous Mormons who fled the United States to Mexico with their children owing to the federal government's prosecution of polygamy. [1] [2] His maternal grandfather was Helaman Pratt (1846–1909), who presided over the Mormon mission in Mexico City before moving to the Mexican state of Chihuahua and who was the son of original Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt (1807 ...
The family in 2021. The Romney family is prominent in U.S. politics. [1] Its family members include George W. Romney (1907–1995), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (1963–1969), and his son, Mitt Romney (born 1947), who was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), the 2012 Republican U.S. Presidential nominee, and later a U.S. Senator for Utah (2019–2025).
He was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, the son of Miles Romney. [1] [2] He was the president of the St. George Social Hall Company and the St. George Dramatic Association, and also served as a chief of police, attorney-at-law, newspaper editor, and architect. [3] One of his sons, Gaskell Romney, was the father of George W. Romney and grandfather of ...
The Pratt family is made up of the descendants of the Mormon pioneer brothers, Parley Parker Pratt and his brother Orson Pratt, [5] whose father was Jared Pratt (1769–1839). [6] It has many members in Utah and other parts of the U.S. There are many branches of the Pratt family, such as the Romney family (of Mitt Romney) and the Huntsman family.
Mitt and his father, George Romney, at one time were top Republican contenders for the presidency, but fell short of the White House. Both ended their careers in elected office with a sense their ...
Harold Arundel Lafount (January 5, 1880 – October 21, 1952) was an American businessman who served on the Federal Radio Commission from 1927 to 1934. He was the father of Lenore Romney; the father-in-law of businessman and politician George W. Romney; and the maternal grandfather of businessman and politician Mitt Romney.
A post shared to X claims that a woman murdered her father due to fury over Donald Trump’s re-election. Verdict: Misleading Although one report mentioned that the suspect was “overwhelmed with ...
Kesley Pope, 24, begged a Utah parole board to be let loose from jail three years after she killed Season Dow, 43, and Dow’s 16 year-old son Toby in Orem in court on Aug. 27, where she first ...