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James V. Hansen

Official portrait of James V. Hansen
James V. Hansen
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative UT – District 1
Republican Service: 1981-2003

Republican
UT (District 1)
House
A Representative from Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, August 14, 1932. Graduated from East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1951. B. S. , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1961. United States Navy, 1951-1955. Real estate agent. Insurance agent. Member of the Farmington, Utah, city council, 1960-1972. Member of the Utah state house of representatives, 1973-1980, speaker, 1979-1980. Business owner. Business executive. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2003). Chair, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (One Hundred Fifth Congress). Chair, Committee on Resources (One Hundred Seventh Congress). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002. Died on November 14, 2018, in Farmington, Utah. Interment at Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Utah.