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Ivy Baker Priest (September 7, 1905 – June 23, 1975) was an American politician who served as Treasurer of the United States from 1953 to 1961 and California State Treasurer from 1967 to 1975.
Ivy Baker Priest. She served as Treasurer of the U.S. during Eisenhower’s two terms. Born in Kimberly, Piute County, on September 7, 1905, to Clara Fernley and Orange D. Baker, Ivy grew up in Bingham where her father worked as a miner and her mother ran a boarding house.
Ivy Baker Priest, who was appointed treasurer of the United States under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, was born on September 7, 1905, in Kimberly, Utah, the eldest of seven children of Orange Decatur Baker and Clara Fearnley Baker, who had met while Orange was on a Mormon mission to Clara's native England.
A long-time activist in the Republican Party, Ivy Maude Baker Priest (1905-1975) served eight years as treasurer of the United States under President Dwight Eisenhower. She also twice won election as treasurer of California under Governor Ronald Reagan.
Ivy Baker Priest was President of the women’s Utah Legislative Council from 1937 to 1939, where she helped create a minimum wage for working women. She later became the Republican National Committeewoman from Utah and was elected Vice Chairman of the Western Conference of party leaders for the western states in 1946.
Sep 23, 2016 · Ivy Baker Priest stands next to her signature as Treasurer of the United States. Image retrieved from walen.wordpress.org. Previous to Eisenhower's election as president, Priest served on the Republican National Committee as the assistant chairwoman.
Ivy Maude Baker Priest was treasurer of the United States during the Eisenhower administration. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Priest was born on September 7, 1905, in Kimberly, Utah. Her family moved to Coalville, Utah, and eventually to Bingham Canyon.
