Laurence J. Burton

Laurence Junior Burton ( born October 30, 1926 in Ogden, Utah, † November 27, 2002 ) was an American politician. Between 1963 and 1971 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

Laurence Burton attended until 1944 the Ogden High School. He then joined during the final stages of World War II in the Flying Section of the U.S. Navy. There he served between January 1945 and July 1946. Until 1948, he then studied at the Ogden College. During the 1950s, he continued his education at various universities in the United States. By 1951 he was on the University of Utah and then he studied until 1956 at the Utah State University. Finally, he finished his studies in Washington, where he both Georgetown University and the George Washington University visited until 1957 and 1958 respectively.

Prior to his transition to the universities in Washington Burton was 1948-1956 Director at Weber College, where he was responsible for public relations and sports. At the same time he was also the regional head of the union of all public officers of the American colleges. From 1951 to 1961 he also gave out a nationwide sports magazine for college students.

Political career

Laurence Burton was a member of the Republican Party. During his studies in Washington, he was also assistant to the then Congressman Henry Aldous Dixon, who represented the first electoral district of Utah in Congress. Between 1958 and 1960 Burton assistant professor of political science at Weber College, and from 1960 to 1962 he was on the staff of Governor George Dewey Clyde. In the congressional elections of 1962 he was the incumbent Blaine M. Peterson beat and take over his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 1963. After he was confirmed in the following years, each in his office, Laurence Burton could remain until January 3, 1971 at the Congress. In 1968 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, on the Richard Nixon was nominated for the second time after 1960 as presidential candidate of the party.

In the congressional elections of 1970 Burton did not run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. After that, he is no longer politically have appeared.