Eldon Anderson Money (November 7, 1930 – July 8, 2020) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the

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and

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. An alumnus of

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, he was a farmer and cattleman. Money served in the Utah National Guard for thirteen years. As of 2014, he is the last Democrat elected in

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to public office since he was defeated for re-election to the senate in 1996. He died of Alzheimer's disease on July 8, 2020, in

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at age 89.

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1930 births 2020 deaths Democratic Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Democratic Party Utah state senators People from Spanish Fork, Utah Utah National Guard personnel Utah State University alumni Farmers from Utah Ranchers from Utah Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in Utah 20th-century members of the Utah Legislature {{Utah-politician-stub