Elmer O. Leatherwood

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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

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

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

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

He died in Washington, D.C., on December 24, 1929 and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Electoral history

1920 United States House of Representatives elections^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elmer O. Leatherwood	Script error: No such module "string".	54.82
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mathonihah Thomas	Script error: No such module "string".	39.40
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Marvin P. Bales	Script error: No such module "string".	3.40
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	C.T. Stoney	Script error: No such module "string".	2.38
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0
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1922 United States House of Representatives elections^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	50.43
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David C. Dunbar	Script error: No such module "string".	46.12
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	E. G. Locke	Script error: No such module "string".	3.45
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1924 United States House of Representatives elections^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	56.66
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James H. Waters	Script error: No such module "string".	43.34
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1926 United States House of Representatives elections^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	60.18
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William R. Wallace Jr.	Script error: No such module "string".	38.63
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Otto E. Parsons	Script error: No such module "string".	1.19
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1928 United States House of Representatives elections^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elmer O. Leatherwood (Incumbent)	Script error: No such module "string".	50.22
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Joshua H. Paul	Script error: No such module "string".	49.31
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	T. F. Eynon	Script error: No such module "string".	0.47
Total votes			Script error: No such module "string".	100.0
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See also

List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

Sources

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