Don B. Colton
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Milton H. Welling |
| Succeeded by | Abe Murdock |
| Member of the Utah Senate | |
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In office 1915–1917 |
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| Member of the Utah House of Representatives | |
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In office 1903 |
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September 15, 1876 Mona, Utah Territory |
| Died | August 1, 1952 (aged 75) Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mazie Hall Grace Stringham |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University University of Michigan Law School |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
Don Byron Colton (September 15, 1876 – August 1, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Born near Mona, Juab County, Utah Territory, Colton moved with his parents to Uintah County, Utah Territory in 1879. He attended the public schools and the Uintah Academy, Vernal, Utah. He was graduated from the commercial department of Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1896. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Vernal, Utah.
Colton was receiver of the United States land office at Vernal 1905–1914. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904, 1924, and 1928 as well as a delegate to the Republican State conventions 1914–1924. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Utah Governor in 1940. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1934.
Colton served as member of the Utah House of Representatives in 1903. He also served as member of the State senate 1915–1917.
Colton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. While in Congress Colton served as the Sunday School teacher for the LDS Church Sunday School in Washington, D.C..
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