Ivy Baker Priest

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name=Ivy Baker Priest


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title=Treasurer of the United States
term_start= 28 January 1953
term_end= 29 January 1961
predecessor= Georgia Neese Clark
successor= Elizabeth Rudel Smith
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birth_date=7 September 1905
birth_place=Kimberly, Utah
death_date= 23 June 1975
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Ivy Baker Priest (September 7, 1905 – June 23, 1975) was an American political figure. Born in Kimberly, Utah, [Utah History to Go: [http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/utahns_of_achievement/ivybakerpriest.html Ivy Baker Priest] ] she was a member of the Latter Day Saints Church. [ [http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/141903/index.php DC Indymedia: All Mormon and most Jewish senators keeping war going ] ] Priest ran for Congress in Utah on the Republican ticket in 1934 and 1950, losing both times. However, she became nationally known by serving as United States Treasurer under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from January 28, 1953 to January 29, 1961, at which time her signature appeared on all U.S. currency. She was later elected as a Republican to the office of California State Treasurer, serving two terms from 1967 until her death in 1975.

Priest was the mother of Pat Priest, an actress best known for playing Marilyn Munster in the 1960s television show The Munsters. Pat Priest also appeared as a contestant on "What's My Line?".

Quotations

:"We women don't care too much about getting our pictures on money as long as we can get our hands on it."

:"We seldom stop to think how many peoples' lives are entwined with our own. It is a form of selfishness to imagine that every individual can operate on his own or can pull out of the general stream and not be missed."

:"The World is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning."

References

External links

* [http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/utahns_of_achievement/ivybakerpriest.html Biography]
* [http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/p163/p163.html Photo]