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Benson, Ezra Taft

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1899 - 1994

Biographical History

Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994) was an American government official and ecclesiastical leader for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Citation:
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture ... 1953

Gibbons, F.M. Ezra Taft Benson, 1996: CIP t.p. (Ezra Taft Benson) pub. info. (b. Aug. 4, 1899; d. May 30, 1994)

Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1899)

Wikipedia, website viewed July 30, 2014 (Ezra Taft Benson; b. Aug 4, 1899, Whitney, Idaho; d. May 30, 1994, Salt Lake City, Utah; religious leader; President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, November 10, 1985-May 30, 1994; Quorom of the Twelve Apostles, October 7, 1948-November 10, 1985; United States Secretary of Agriculture, January 21, 1953-January 20, 1961; Began academic career at Utah State Agricultural College; farmer; LDS Mission in Britain from 1921-1923; BA, Brigham Young University, 1926; MA, Iowa State University; did preliminary work on a doctorate that was never completed at University of California at Berkeley; agricultural extension agent for Oneida County, Idaho; later moved to Boise, Idaho and was connected with the University of Idaho extension service; moved to Washington, D.C. to become Executive Secretary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Merlo J. Pusey papers on Ezra Taft Benson and Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952-1960

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1532 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains Pusey's research papers on Ezra Taft Benson and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The material centers around Eisenhower's presidential administration with some additional material on Benson's service as his Secretary of Agriculture. Also contains materials relating to Pusey's biography of Eisenhower, including a typed manuscript and correspondence with publishers and others. Dates from between 1952 and 1960.

Dates: 1952-1960