- James Moyle
James Henry Moyle (
17 September 1858 – 1946) was a prominent politician inUtah .He was the Democratic Party's candidate for governor in the 1908 Utah election. He served as assistant secretary of the treasury from 1917-1921 in the administration of
Woodrow Wilson , the first memember ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be appointed to a subcabinet position. [Winder, Michael K., "Presidents and Prophets: The Story of America's Presidents and the LDS Church". (American Fork: Covenant Communications, 2007) p. 210]Moyle was born in
Salt Lake City ,Utah Territory .In From 1928 to 1933 he served as president of the Eastern States Mission of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . This mission then coveredNew York ,Pennsylvania ,West Virginia ,Maryland ,Delaware theDistrict of Columbia ,Connecticut ,Massachusetts ,Rhode Island andNew Jersey . [Jenson, Andrew. "Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 211, 204] During his adminstiration West Virginia and Western Maryland were separated off into the East Central States Mission.Moyle died in 1946. Mormon leader
Henry D. Moyle was his son. [LDS Church Almanac]References
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Gordon B. Hinckley (1955). "James Henry Moyle, the story of a distinguished American and an honored churchman" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book)
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