Frederick C. Loofbourow

Frederick Charles Loofbourow (February 8, 1874 – July 8, 1949) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Utah from 1930 to 1933.

Biography Born in Atlantic, Iowa, Loofbourow was educated in the common schools of Iowa. He moved with his parents to Utah in 1889. He graduated from the Ogden Military Academy, Ogden, Utah, in 1892, and from the law department of the University of California at Berkeley in 1896.

Early career He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as district attorney of the third judicial district of Utah from 1905 to 1911, and district judge from 1911 to 1916. He resumed the practice of law.

Congress Loofbourow was elected as a Republican to the 71st United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elmer O. Leatherwood and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the 73rd United States Congress and for election in 1934 to the 74th United States Congress.

Later career and death He resumed the practice of law in Salt Lake City, until his retirement.

He died in Salt Lake City, July 8, 1949. His remains were cremated and the ashes scattered.

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