David Daniel Marriott (born November 2, 1939) is an American politician who served as a member of the

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for

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from 1977 to 1985.

Early life and education

Born in

Bingham, Utah Bingham Canyon was a city formerly located in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, a ...

, Marriott was educated in the public schools of

Sandy, Utah Sandy is a city in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, located in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population of Sandy was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah. The population is currently estimated ...

, and graduated from Jordan High School in 1958. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

in 1967 and was designated as a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) by the American College of Life Underwriters in 1968.

Career

He later worked as a life insurance agent and was the owner/president of a Utah-based firm specializing in business and pension consultation from 1968 to 1976. Marriott also served in the

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from 1958 to 1963. Marriott was elected to the

as a

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in 1976. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1984, instead running for

governor of Utah A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

. In the

1984 Utah gubernatorial election The 1984 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1984. Republican nominee Norman H. Bangerter defeated Democratic nominee Wayne Owens with 55.87% of the vote, becoming Utah's first Republican governor in 20 years. Primary electio ...

, he lost to state House speaker

Norm Bangerter Norman Howard Bangerter (January 4, 1933 – April 14, 2015) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 13th governor of Utah from 1985 to 1993. He was the first Republican elected to the position since 1960, and the first to h ...

, 94,421 to 72,883. He ran for his former House seat in 1990, but lost the Republican primary to Genevieve Atwood. Marriott served as a

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for

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from 2002 to 2005. He served in the South Africa Cape Town Mission.

Personal life

He is a resident of

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and has 12 grandchildren.

References

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1939 births Latter Day Saints from Utah American Mormon missionaries in South Africa Living people Politicians from Salt Lake City People from Sandy, Utah University of Utah alumni People from Bingham Canyon, Utah Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah {{Utah-politician-stub