page_title: Simon Bamberger
section_title: Last years
hierarchical_section_title: Simon Bamberger / Last years
caption_attribution_description: English: Simon Bamberger was governor of Utah from 1917-1921. His house in Salt Lake City is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: Simon Bamberger was the fourth Governor of Utah after it achieved statehood from territorial status in 1896. Bamberger retains the distinction of being the first non-Mormon, the first Democrat, as well as the first, and to date only, Jewish Governor of Utah. He was also the third Jew ever elected governor of any state, after Washington Bartlett of California and Moses Alexander of Idaho.
context_section_description: All of this was accomplished in a single four-year term, for Bamberger, already 75, declined to run for reelection. He left office in 1921 and returned to managing his business interests. He died on October 6, 1926 and was buried at B'nai Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City.
caption: Simon Bamberger House, Salt Lake City
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