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K. Gunn McKay

Official portrait of K. Gunn McKay
K. Gunn McKay
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative UT
Democratic

Democratic
UT
House
A Representative from Utah. Born in Ogden, Weber County, Utah, February 23, 1925. Attended the Weber County public schools and Weber State College, 1958-1960. B. S. , Utah State University, Logan, 1962. Served in the United States Coast Guard, 1943-1946. Businessman and teacher. Served in the Utah house of representatives, 1962-1966 and legislative council, 1963-1966. Administrative assistant to Governor Calvin L. Rampton of Utah, 1967-1970. President of Ogden Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1967-1970. Chairman, Utah Long Range Goals and Planning Committee, 1965-1967. Member, legislative task force on Utah Government Reorganization Committee (Little Hoover Commission), 1965-1967. Delegate, Utah State Democratic conventions, 1962-1970. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1981). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. President, Scottish Mission, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1981-1984. Died in Huntsville, Utah, on October 6, 2000. Interment at the Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Utah.