Herschel Bullen (November 13, 1870 – February 2, 1966) was an American businessman, politician and leader in

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(LDS Church) in

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Biography

Bullen was born in

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. He graduated from the University of Deseret (now the

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) in 1890 and then worked as a farmer and school teacher in both Richmond and later

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. Bullen served an LDS mission in England from 1894 to 1897. Shortly before leaving he had married Mary Hendricks. Bullen helped form the ''Logan Republican'', a newspaper with political leaning towards the Republican Party, in 1903. From 1900 to 1904 Bullen was the president of the Logan School board. In 1906 he was elected to the Utah State Senate, serving from 1907 to 1910. He also was a professor at

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in Logan for a time. In 1928, Bullen served as a delegate to the

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. Bullen was also involved in land development, organizing the Promontory-Curlew Land Company along with

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and David Eccles. This company owned of land in Box Elder County, Utah and Malad County, Idaho on which they encouraged settlers to engage in dry farming. He was the secretary and treasurer of the company until it disbanded in 1959. Bullen was a member of the board of trustees of

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from 1949 to 1953. Bullen's half-brother

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was a mayor of Logan. Herschel's son

Reed Bullen Reed Bullen (November 17, 1906 – October 12, 2005) was a Utah broadcaster, politician and a local leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Bullen was born and died in Logan, Utah. His father was Herschel Bullen. ...

served in the Utah State Senate, representing the same district as his father. Herschel Bullen died in

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in 1966.

References

Bio with USU collection of Bullen photos

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bullen, Herschel 1870 births 1966 deaths Latter Day Saints from Utah American Mormon missionaries in England Brigham Young College faculty People from Richmond, Utah University of Utah alumni Utah state senators 19th-century Mormon missionaries People from Logan, Utah