Throughout history, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have served as international ambassadors and senior administration officials for the United States of America. So for all you history buffs and trivia nerds out there, here's your master list. And for all you non-Jeopardy competitors, keep an eye out for a few names you might just recognize.
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Past ambassadors and senior administration officials
James Moyle
US Assistant Secretary of Treasury | 1917–1921
US Commissioner of Customs | 1933–1939
William Spry
Commissioner of the General Land Office | 1921–1929
J. Reuben Clark
US Ambassador to Mexico | 1930–1933
Edgar B. Broussard
Chairman of the US Tariff Commission | 1935 and 1953–1960
Marriner Eccles
Chair of the Federal Reserve | 1934–1948
Rosel Hyde
FCC Chairman | 1953–1954
Ezra Taft Benson
US Secretary of Agriculture | 1953–1961
Ivy PriestTreasurer of the United States | 1953–1961
Stewart Udall
Secretary of the Interior | 1961–1969
David King
US Ambassador to Madagascar | 1967–1969
US Ambassador to Mauritius | 1968–1969
Hamer Budge
SEC Chairman | 1969–1971
L. Ralph Mecham
Assistant Secretary of Commerce | 1969–1970
Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court System | 1985–2006
George RomneyUS Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | 1969–1973
James C. Fletcher
Administrator of NASA | 1971–1977, 1986–1989
David M. Kennedy
US Ambassador to NATO | 1972–1973
US Secretary of Treasury | 1969–1971
Mark Evans Austad
US Ambassador to Finland | 1975–1977
US Ambassador to Norway | 1982–1984
Angela “Bay” Buchanan
Treasurer of the United States | 1981–1983
Terrel “T.H.” Bell
US Secretary of Education | 1981–1984
Keith Nyborg
US Ambassador to Finland | 1981–1986
William Bennett
US Secretary of Education | 1985–1988
Gregory Newell
US Ambassador to Sweden | 1985–1989
Joanne Hansen
Executive Assistant to the First Lady | 1986–1989
Rex E. Lee
US Solicitor General | 1989–1995
Richard Swett
US Ambassador to Denmark | 1998–2001
William "Bill" Hansen
Deputy Secretary of Education | 2001–2003
Mike Leavitt
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | 2003–2005
Secretary of Health and Human Services | 2005–2009
Aubrey Hooks
US Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo | 1996–1999
US Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire | 2004–2007
US Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2001–2004
Robert “Steve” Beecroft
Executive Secretary for State Department Secretaries Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice
US Ambassador to Jordan | 2008–2011
US Ambassador to Iraq | 2012–2014
US Ambassador to Egypt | 2015–2017
Deborah K. Jones
US Ambassador to Libya | 2013–2015
Larry Echo Hawk
US Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs | 2009–2012
Nathan Sheets
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs | 2014–2017
John Huntsman, Jr.
US Ambassador to Singapore | 1992–1993
US Ambassador to China | 2009–2011
US Ambassador to Russia | 2017–2019
Robert O’Brien
National Security Advisor | 2019–2021
John Rakolta, Jr.
US Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates | 2019–2021
Current ambassadors and senior administration officials
Matthew H. Tueller
US Ambassador to Kuwait | 2011–2014
US Ambassador to Yemen | 2014–2019
US Ambassador to Iraq | 2019–present
Jody Olsen
Peace Corps. Director | 2018–present
Jeff Flake - still to be confirmed
US Ambassador to Turkey
Tom Udall - still to be confirmed
US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
Jeff Hovenier - still to be confirmed
US Ambassador to Kosovo
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