--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 24 number: 2 published: 1920-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Senator Reed Smoot," *Improvement Era* 24, no. 2 (December 1920): 165.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2402unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2402unse start_page: 165 end_page: 165 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2402unse publication_year: 1920 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Senator Reed Smoot SENATOR REED SMOOT Born, Salt Lake City, January 10, 1862, educated in the public schools, University of Utah, and Brigham Young Academy, Provo, from which he graduated. Interested in many business projects in the state. Married Sept. 17, 1884, to Miss Alpha Eldredge, a daughter of Horace Eldredge of Salt Lake City. They have six children. Chosen a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, April 8, 1900; elected to the Senate of the United States by the legislature of Utah, in 1903, where he has rendered dis- tinguished service. Reelected senator by the people, Nov. 2, 1920. An un- tiring worker in the interest, of not only the West but of tlie whole United States, he is ever on the side of honest, beneficial and progressive legislation.