Elmer O. Leatherwood
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1921 – December 24, 1929 |
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Preceded by | James Henry Mays |
Succeeded by | Frederick C. Loofbourow |
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Born | Waverly, Ohio |
September 4, 1872
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
Political party | Republican |
Elmer O. Leatherwood (September 4, 1872 – December 24, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Born on a farm near Waverly, Ohio, Leatherwood attended the public schools. He moved to Emporia, Kansas, in 1888. He was graduated from the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, Kansas, in 1894. He engaged in public school work 1894-1898. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar at Hiawatha, Kansas, in 1898. He graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1901 and was admitted to practice. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, the same year and continued the practice of his profession. He served as district attorney for the third judicial district of Utah 1908-1916. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. He served as president of the Western Powder Co., Leary &. as well as Warren Stockyards, Hellgate Mining & Milling Co., and the Olympus Mining & Milling Co.
Leatherwood was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 24, 1929. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses). He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source
- Elmer O. Leatherwood at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Elmer O. Leatherwood at Find a Grave
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1921 - December 24, 1929 |
Succeeded by Frederick C. Loofbourow |
External Links
Leatherwood, Elmer O. Ours, the True Republic. Provo, Utah: L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah
- People from Pike County, Ohio
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