American politician, James V. Hansen, Died at 86

  Politician

James Vear “Jim” Hansen was born on August 14, 1932, and died on November 14, 2018.

He was a Republican politician from Utah.

Hansen was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2003.

Hansen was an alum from the city’s East High School. From 1951 until the point when 1955 Hansen served in the United States Navy.

Hansen went to the University of Utah, accepting a business degree from the school in 1961.

That year that he left school, Hansen was chosen to the Farmington City Council.

Hansen additionally filled in as a protection specialist.

From 1973 until 1980, he was an individual from the Utah House of Representatives and filled in as speaker of the house from 1979 until 1980.

Hansen was chosen to Congress in 1980 and spoken to Utah’s first congressional locale from January 3, 1981.

He resigned on January 3, 2003.

He filled in as administrator of the Committee on Resources in his last term in the 107th Congress.

He kept running for the governorship in 2004, yet was crushed at the Republican tradition by Jon Huntsman Jr. who proceeded to win the decision.

Hansen was designated a magistrate on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

At the point when a segment of U.S. Highway 89 in Weber County, Utah was moved up to road principles, it was named the James V. Hansen Highway.

The government working in Ogden, Utah has renamed the James V. Hansen Federal Building in his respect in 2004.

Hansen passed away at 86 years old.

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