| J. Clifford Hansen | |
| Order: | 14th & 16th |
| Office: | Mayor of Murray, Utah |
| Birth Name: | James Clifford Hansen |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Murray, Utah |
| Residence: | Murray, Utah |
| Term Start: | 01 January 1944 (1st term), 1948 (2nd Term) |
| Term End: | 01 January 1945 (1st term), 1957 (2nd Term) |
| Predecessor: | Curtis Shaw (1st Term), William Ernest Smith(2nd Term) |
| Successor: | William Ernest Smith (1st Term), Ray Greenwood(2nd Term) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Death Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
James Clifford Hansen (December 29, 1893 - July 18, 1967) was mayor of Murray, Utah for two stints in office.[1] He served as mayor during 1944-1945 and again from 1948-1957. Previous to being elected mayor, Hansen served a total of 12 years as a Murray city commissioner.[2] During his time in office, he was known for greatly expanding electric power generation for the municipally-owned utility and improving infrastructure for the city's water department.[3]
A veteran of overseas service during World War I, Hansen was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a director of the Cahoon Maxfield Irrigation Co and served on the Salt Lake County fair board having been one of the originators of the fair.[4]
In 1943, he defeated incumbent mayor, Curtis Shaw, but was in turn defeated in his re-election bid in 1945 by William Ernest Smith. He ran for Salt Lake County commissioner, but was defeated in 1946. He would succeed in ousting Smith, and be re-elected mayor for two more terms. He is the only mayor of Murray to have two non-consecutive terms. He was the first Murray mayor to serve a four-year term under a state law mandating a change from 2 to 4 year terms.[5]