Elmer O. Leatherwood
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromUtah's2nd district
In office March 4, 1921 – December 24, 1929
Preceded by	James Henry Mays
Succeeded by	Frederick C. Loofbourow
Personal details
Born	(1872-09-04)September 4, 1872 Waverly, Ohio, US
Died	December 24, 1929(1929-12-24) (aged 57) Washington, D.C., US
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 aU.S. representative fromUtah from 1921 until his death in 1929.

Born on a farm nearWaverly, Ohio, Leatherwood attended the public schools. He moved toEmporia, 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 wasadmitted to the bar atHiawatha, Kansas, in 1898. He graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison in 1901 and was admitted to practice.

He moved toSalt 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.

Leatherwood was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-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 andSixty-ninth Congresses).

He died inWashington, D.C., on December 24, 1929 and was interred inMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.

• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)

• United States Congress."Elmer O. Leatherwood (id: L000181)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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