David Smith Monson

David Smith Monson ( born June 20, 1945 in Salt Lake City ) is a retired American politician ( Republican). He represented the state of Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives and was its vice- governor.

After attending the public schools David Monson made ​​1970 his bachelor's degree at the University of Utah. At this time he was already a member of the Air National Guard of Utah, where he served as a sergeant until 1973. Later he passed the exam in as a Certified Public Accountant.

1972 Monson was elected as chief auditor (State auditor) in the government of Utah; that he was one of only two Republicans who have won an official at the state level in this year dominated by Democrats. After its limited four-year term of office had expired, he applied for the post of Lieutenant Governor of Utah. With 275 605 votes he won against the Democrats David L. Duncan ( 210 801 votes). In 1980 he decided to re-election against Moroni Jensen with 132,000 -vote lead for themselves.

In 1984, Monson then ran for a seat in the House of Representatives in Washington. The election results against the former Democratic State Senator Frances Farley fell from nearly; with 496 -vote lead Monson finally won. After one term in Congress, he did not join in 1986 for re-election; such a case it had not been in Utah for decades. Reason was the lack of support from his own party, the internal panelist him as a weak candidate. The erected for him Tom Shimizu clearly lost to Democrat Wayne Owens.

Monson then retired from politics and focused on his career in accounting.