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George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician. … Romney was born to American parents living in the Mormon colonies in Mexico; events during the Mexican Revolution forced his family to flee back to the United States when he was a child.
George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician. … Romney was born to American parents living in the Mormon colonies in Mexico; events during the Mexican Revolution forced his family to flee back to the United States when he was a child.
Detroit, Michigan, United States
On one hand, the Mormons are Mexican citizens, some proudly, ardently Mexican. They speak Spanish, are subject to Mexican laws and economic woes and must meet the Mexican military service requirement.
Willard Mitt Romney
“Romney’s net worth pegged at $190-$250M”. The Boston Globe.
Nominee | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney |
Party | Democratic | Republican |
Home state | Illinois | Massachusetts |
Running mate | Joe Biden | Paul Ryan |
Electoral vote | 332 | 206 |
Notable Romney family members include George W. Romney (1907–1995), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (1963–1969), and his son, Mitt Romney (born 1947). Mitt Romney was 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2012, and is currently U.S. Senator for Utah.
Romney, who was born in nearby Colonia Dublan. Marion Romney is the first cousin, once removed of Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and U.S. senator from Utah. … From 1920 to 1923, Romney served as an LDS Church missionary in Australia.
Among other things, the law felonized the practice of polygamy and disenfranchised polygamists. As a result, over a thousand Latter-day Saint men and women were eventually fined and jailed. … This act allowed over 350 Latter-day Saint families who practiced polygamy from Utah and Arizona to settle land in Mexico.
Church and Mexican law do not allow more than one marriage at a time. Cienega and Bocato de la Pila were married in a church; he says he and his second wife had a civil ceremony. He and his second wife have an infant son and she is pregnant.
60 years (August 4, 1961)
George Romney | |
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Resting place | Fairview Cemetery Brighton, Michigan |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Lenore Romney (1931-1995) |
Children | Lynn Keenan, Jane Romney, G. Scott Romney, Mitt Romney |
74 years (March 12, 1947)
1.73 m
Romney was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was born in St. George, Utah. When he was young his family moved to the Mormon colonies in Mexico so that his father could continue practicing plural marriage, which was illegal in the United States.
Party | Candidate | Votes |
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Democratic | Barack Obama | 3,598,277 |
Republican | Alan Keyes | 1,391,030 |
Independent | Albert J. Franzen | 81,186 |
Libertarian | Jerry Kohn | 69,276 |