Aquila Nebeker

{{Short description|American politician (1859–1933)}}

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| name = Aquila Nebeker

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| image = Aquila Nebeker (Men of affairs, 1914).png

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| alt = Photograph of Aquila Nebeker

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| state_senate = Utah

| district = 3rd

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| term_start = January 11, 1897

| term_end = January 13, 1901

| predecessor = John R. Barnes

| successor = J.G.M. Barnes

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| state_house2 = Utah

| district2 = 3rd

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| term_start2 = January 13, 1896

| term_end2 = January 10, 1897

| predecessor2 = None (1st legislature after statehood)

| successor2 = David S. Cook

| birth_date = {{birth date |1859|06|17}}

| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah

| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|02|21| 1859|06|17}}

| death_place = Laketown, Utah

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Aquila Nebeker (June 17, 1859 – February 21, 1933) was an American politician, attorney, lawman, and rancher. A Democrat, he was the president of the Utah State Senate during its second term. It was under his direction that the state legislature failed to elect a representative of Utah to the United States Senate. Nebeker served as acting governor of Utah for a short time.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/09/22/105753040.pdf "Joke Is On Gov. Wells"], The New York Times September 22, 1900. Nebeker later served as U.S. Marshal over southeastern Utah and was involved in the a standoff between the U.S. government and Ute people.

Nebeker was on June 17, 1859, in Salt Lake City, to John and Lurena Fitzgerald Nebeker. He attended schools in Salt Lake City and the University of Deseret—now known as the University of Utah. He died on February 21, 1933, at his ranch in Laketown, Utah, of complications from pneumonia.{{cite news |author= |title=Noted Utah Ranch Man Dies At 73 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109492376/obituary-for-aquila-nebeker/ |newspaper=Cache American |location=Logan, Utah |date=February 24, 1933 |page=2 |access-date=September 13, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}