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Edwin Jacob Garn
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  1. Edwin Jacob Garn1932 -
m. 1957
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Name Edwin Jacob Garn
Alt Name Jake _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Oct 1932 Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States
Marriage 1957 to Hazel Thompson
Death? Famous Living Person Exception?
Reference Number? Q519256?


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Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).

Prior to his time in Congress, he served as the mayor of Salt Lake City.

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  1. Jake Garn, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.