Wallace F. Bennett
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United States Senator from Utah |
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In office January 3, 1951 – December 20, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Elbert D. Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Jake Garn |
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Wallace Foster Bennett November 13, 1898 Salt Lake City |
| Died | December 19, 1993 (aged 95) Salt Lake City |
| Resting place |
Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Marion Grant |
| Children | 5 (Including Bob Bennett) |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Rank | second lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Wallace Foster Bennett (November 13, 1898 – December 19, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1951 to 1974. He was the father of Bob Bennett, who later held his seat in the Senate (1993–2011).
Wallace Bennett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to John Foster and Rosetta Elizabeth (née Wallace) Bennett. His grandparents were English immigrants who came to the United States in 1868. He received his early education at local public schools, and graduated from LDS High School in 1916. He then enrolled at the University of Utah, where he majored in English and won a varsity letter in debating.
Bennett, a member of the university's Reserve Officers' Training Corps, interrupted his college education to serve in the United States Army during World War I. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of the Infantry in September 1918, and was assigned as an instructor in the Student Army Training Corps at Colorado College. He later returned to the University of Utah, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1919. For a year following his graduation, he served as principal of San Luis Stake Academy in Manassa, Colorado.
In 1922, Bennett married Frances Marion Grant, the youngest daughter of Heber J. Grant (who served as President of the LDS Church from 1918 to 1945). The couple had three sons, Wallace, David, and Robert; and two daughters, Rosemary and Frances.
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