Nephi United States Centennial Jensen
(1876–1955), was a member of the
Utah House of Representatives
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, a county judge in
Salt Lake City
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for many years, and was the first
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of the Canadian
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of
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(LDS Church).
Jensen was born in
Salt Lake City
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,
Utah Territory
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, to Danish immigrants. He studied at what is now
LDS Business College
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and was a school teacher. He was a
Mormon missionary
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in the Southern States Mission, mainly in Florida, from 1898 until 1900. He later studied at the
University of Utah
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and received a law degree from the
University of Chattanooga
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. He also served as Mission Secretary for the Southern States Mission while studying law. In 1919 he oversaw the creation of the Canadian Mission
based in
Toronto
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.
Jensen served one term as a member of the Utah House of Representatives,
in the
7th Utah State Legislature (1907-1909). From 1911 to 1913 he was assistant Salt Lake County Attorney.
He then went into private practice with C. E. Marks until leaving to head the Canadian Mission in 1919. From 1928 until 1933, he was a district judge in Salt Lake County.
Jensen published many LDS
tracts, as well as writing multiple manuals used in LDS priesthood meeting lessons, and several articles for the ''
Improvement Era
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''.
Works
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References
External links
Nephi Jensen's diaryfrom a
L. Tom Perry Special Collections Brigham Young University
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1876 births
1955 deaths
American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
American Mormon missionaries in the United States
Ensign College alumni
Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
Mission presidents (LDS Church)
Mormon missionaries in Canada
Tennessee lawyers
University of Utah alumni
Utah state court judges
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Latter Day Saints from Tennessee