Elmer O. Leatherwood | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1921 – December 24, 1929 | |
Preceded by | James Henry Mays |
Succeeded by | Frederick C. Loofbourow |
Personal details | |
Born | Waverly, Ohio, US | September 4, 1872
Died | December 24, 1929 Washington, D.C., US | (aged 57)
Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Nancy Rebecca Albaugh |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Kansas State Normal School University of Wisconsin |
Elmer O. Leatherwood (September 4, 1872 – December 24, 1929) was an American politician and attorney who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Utah from 1921 until his death in 1929.
Biography
[edit]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 from 1894 to 1898.
He studied law and 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.
Early career
[edit]He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, the same year and continued the practice of his profession.
Leatherwood served as district attorney for the third judicial district of Utah from 1908 to 1916. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. He served as president of the Western Powder Co., Leary & Warren Stockyards, Hellgate Mining & Milling Co., and the Olympus Mining & Milling Co.
Congress
[edit]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.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses).
Death and burial
[edit]He died in Washington, D.C., on December 24, 1929 and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Electoral history
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Elmer O. Leatherwood | 39,239 | 54.82 | |||
Democratic | Mathonihah Thomas | 28,201 | 39.40 | |||
Farmer–Labor | Marvin P. Bales | 2,437 | 3.40 | |||
Socialist | C.T. Stoney | 1,696 | 2.38 | |||
Total votes | 71,573 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent) | 28,591 | 50.43 | |
Democratic | David C. Dunbar | 26,145 | 46.12 | |
Farmer–Labor | E. G. Locke | 1,959 | 3.45 | |
Total votes | 56,695 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent) | 41,888 | 56.66 | |
Democratic | James H. Waters | 32,045 | 43.34 | |
Total votes | 73,933 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent) | 42,073 | 60.18 | |
Democratic | William R. Wallace Jr. | 27,006 | 38.63 | |
Socialist | Otto E. Parsons | 835 | 1.19 | |
Total votes | 69,914 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent) | 46,866 | 50.22 | |
Democratic | Joshua H. Paul | 46,025 | 49.31 | |
Socialist | T. F. Eynon | 439 | 0.47 | |
Total votes | 93,330 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Elmer O. Leatherwood (id: L000181)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
External links
[edit]Leatherwood, Elmer O. Ours, the True Republic. Provo, Utah: L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.