A. Pratt Kessler | |
Office1: | 12th Attorney General of Utah |
Governor1: | George Dewey Clyde |
Term Start1: | December 1961 |
Term End1: | January 4, 1965 |
Predecessor1: | Walter L. Budge |
Successor1: | Phil L. Hansen |
Office2: | United States Attorney for the District of Utah |
President2: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Term Start2: | May 22, 1953 |
Term End2: | 1961 |
Predecessor2: | Scott Milne Matheson Sr. |
Successor2: | William T. Thurman |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1905 |
Birth Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Death Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Party: | Republican |
A. Pratt Kessler (April 26, 1905 – October 13, 1984) was an American politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Utah from 1953 to 1961 and as the Attorney General of Utah from 1961 to 1965.[1]
He died of cardiac arrest on October 13, 1984, in Salt Lake City, Utah at age 79.[2]