Aquila Nebeker (June 17, 1859 – February 21, 1933) was an American politician, attorney, lawman, and rancher. A

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, he was the president of the

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during its second term. It was under his direction that the state legislature failed to elect a representative of Utah to the

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.Nebeker served as acting governor of Utah for a short time. Nebeker later served as

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over southeastern Utah and was involved in the a standoff between the U.S. government and

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. Nebeker was on June 17, 1859, in

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, to John and Lurena Fitzgerlad Nebeker. He attended schools in Salt Lake City and the University of Deseret—now known as the

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. He died on February 21, 1933, at his ranch in Laketown, Utah, of complications from pneumonia.

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