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Utah Senate approves resolution to pursue Martha Hughes Cannon statue in U.S. Capitol
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to approve SCR 1, a privately funded resolution to pursue placement of a statue of physician and suffrage pioneer Martha Hughes Cannon in the U.S. Capitol, sending the measure to the House after a 21–7–1 roll call.
The Utah Senate on the eighth day of the 2018 session approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 to pursue a privately funded statue of Martha Hughes Cannon for placement in Statuary Hall or another part of the U.S. Capitol.
Sponsor Sen. Brian D. (Weiler) told colleagues the resolution would not use taxpayer dollars and would mark the 100th anniversary of the federal women’s suffrage amendment. “The purpose of S.C.R. 1 is to pass a resolution that would allow us as a state to place a statue, a new…
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