Notable Occurrences
While Blood was governor Utah became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the twenty-first amendment ending Prohibition. He was the first governor to occupy the governor’s mansion donated by the Kearns family to the state in 1937. In 1939 he vetoed the proposals for junior colleges in Richfield and Roosevelt, as well as low-income housing while cautioning about the expense. Also he worked to improve Utah’s horrible highway safety record.
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