George Albert Huscher was elected mayor of Murray, Utah from 1912 and re-elected in 1914.

He remains to date the Socialist party’s highest elected official in Utah.

Murray had a huge labor and union population that was affiliated with the many smelter operations in the area, which backed Murray’s Socialist party over the competing Citizen’s party.

Huscher’s victory caused a two-day celebration, including a parade and bonfires that was finally put to an end by the city marshal.

He would retire from public life and moved to Long Beach, California, where he died in 1944.