The Romney family has a distinguished history in politics
The Romney family is well-known in American politics. George W. Romney (1907-1995), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (1963–1969), and his son Mitt Romney are prominent Romney family members (born 1947). In addition to serving as the Republican Party's 2012 presidential contender, Mitt Romney served as Massachusetts' 70th governor from 2003 to 2007. He is presently the senator from Utah. Gaskell Romney, George W. Romney's father, lived from 1871 to 1955, and Anna Amelia Pratt, his mother, lived from 1876 to 1926. Parley Parker Pratt, a well-known early Latter-day Saint apostle, was Anna's grandpa.
The Romneys are "an LDS political dynasty" and "LDS royalty," according to authors Richard and Joan Ostling, who based this assertion on the family's ancestry and current prominence in commerce, politics, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family has a marital connection to the Smith family as well as lateral connections to the Matheson, Huntsman, and Eyring families. There is a Romney family branch living in the Mexican Mormon colonies. In the 1840s, the Romney family left Dalton-in-Furness, England, and immigrated to the United States.
Between 1954 through 1962, George Romney, Mitt Romney's father, served as chairman and president of the American Motor Corporation. Mitt Romney's involvement in a constitutional conference to rewrite the Michigan Constitution in 1961 marked the beginning of his political career, which is an intriguing fact about him. He took office as Michigan's 43rd governor in 1963, becoming a Republican in a state that was dominated by Democrats. In 1968, he sought the Republican Party's presidential candidacy but lost to Richard Nixon, who later took office. Nixon and Romney Sr. did not get along, and after Nixon was re-elected in 1973, Romney Sr. quit politics to support volunteering.
