Aquila Nebeker Explained

Aquila Nebeker
State Senate:Utah
District:3rd
Term Start:January 11, 1897
Term End:January 13, 1901
Predecessor:John R. Barnes
Successor:J.G.M. Barnes
State House2:Utah
District2:3rd
Term Start2:January 13, 1896
Term End2:January 10, 1897
Predecessor2:None (1st legislature after statehood)
Successor2:David S. Cook
Birth Date:17 June 1859
Birth Place:Salt Lake City, Utah
Death Place:Laketown, Utah

Aquila Nebeker (June 17, 1859 – February 21, 1933) was an American politician, attorney, lawman, and rancher. A Democrat, he was the president of the Utah State Senate during its second term. It was under his direction that the state legislature failed to elect a representative of Utah to the United States Senate. Nebeker served as acting governor of Utah for a short time.[1] Nebeker later served as U.S. Marshal over southeastern Utah and was involved in the a standoff between the U.S. government and Ute people.

Nebeker was on June 17, 1859, in Salt Lake City, to John and Lurena Fitzgerald Nebeker. He attended schools in Salt Lake City and the University of Deseret—now known as the University of Utah. He died on February 21, 1933, at his ranch in Laketown, Utah, of complications from pneumonia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/09/22/105753040.pdf "Joke Is On Gov. Wells"
  2. News: . Noted Utah Ranch Man Dies At 73 . Cache American . . February 24, 1933 . 2 . September 13, 2022 . .