If viewed as a combined entity, the Udall-Hunt-Lee family has been elected from six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah.

He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to David Udall and Eliza King, recent Mormon converts from England.

The family traveled across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains by ox cart and settled in Nephi, Utah.

In 1880, he was called by his church to move with his family to St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona, in order to become the local bishop and facilitate further Mormon migration into that community.

[1] This made David unpopular with established residents of St. Johns, who didn't want the Mormons there, but it did make him instantly prominent in the community.

That same year, Tommy Stewart, David's double brother-in-law, was elected to serve in the Utah Territorial Legislature.

In 1890, the LDS Church officially declared that it opposed its members entering into polygamous marriages.

He died as a widely respected member of his community in 1938, living long enough to see several of his sons elected to public office.

Twelve of David King Udall's children lived to adulthood, six by each of his wives.

The first of David's children to seek office was Levi Stewart Udall, who ran for clerk to the Arizona Superior Court in 1922 as a Democrat.

His older brother, John Hunt Udall, then filed to run for the same office as a Republican.

Upon his brother Levi's death, he was appointed by the governor to fill the same seat on the Arizona Supreme Court.

This is not so surprising when considering that Nick was a great-grandson of Utah Lieutenant Governor Heber C. Kimball, who had 43 wives, 63 children, 176 grandchildren, and 564 great-grandchildren.

His father, Milan Dale Smith, Sr., was an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, and he later built a successful frozen food empire.

Gordon obtained a law degree and initially pursued a career as an attorney before later taking over the frozen food business.

In 1996, he was narrowly defeated when running for the U.S. Senate in a special election to replace Bob Packwood.

In 2008, he was narrowly defeated for reelection, following a shift in Oregon politics over the preceding decade toward the Democratic Party.

Mark Emery Udall, Morris Udall's son, pursued a 20-year career as an Outward Bound instructor and director before launching a political career in 1996 with a successful campaign for the Colorado State House of Representatives as a Democrat.

He served a single term there before making a successful bid for the U.S. House from Colorado's 2nd Congressional District in 1998.

His brother Jesse is married [2] to Michelle Udall, who was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2016.