James Vear Hansen

A Representative from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, August 14, 1932; graduated from East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1951; B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1961; United States Navy, 1951-1955; real estate agent; insurance agent; member of the Farmington, Utah, city council, 1960-1972; member of the Utah state house of representatives, 1973-1980, speaker, 1979-1980; business owner; business executive; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 2003); chair, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (One Hundred Fifth Congress); chair, Committee on Resources (One Hundred Seventh Congress); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002 .