James Wilson McHenry was mayor of Murray, Utah from 1916 to 1917. McHenry was born in

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and moved to Murray in 1881. He worked for the LDS Church supervising its

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. He helped organize the Murray Commercial Club and later formed the Salt Lake Commercial Club. He later oversaw the foundation of a

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factory. McHenry’s tenure in office was noted for the expansion of the cities’ sewer and irrigation lines. McHenry, previous to being elected, pushed for municipally-owned power generation.R.R. Rasmussen History of Murray Murray Eagle December 17, 1936

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