Allan Turner HOWE, Congress, UT (1927-2000)

1927-2000

HOWE, Allan Turner, a Representative from Utah; born in South Cottonwood, near the community of Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, September 6, 1927; attended public schools; B.S., University of Utah, 1952; J.D.L., same university, 1954; admitted to the Utah bar in 1955 and commenced practice in Salt Lake City; served in the United States Coast Guard, 1946-1947; deputy Salt Lake County attorney, 1957-1959; city attorney, South Salt Lake, 1957-1960; administrative assistant and field representative to United States Senator Frank E. Moss, 1959-1964; assistant attorney general of Utah, 1965-1966; administrative assistant to Utah Governor Calvin L. Rampton, 1966-1968; executive director, Four Corners Regional Development Commission, 1968-1972; again practiced law in Salt Lake City, 1972-1975; delegate, Utah State Democratic conventions, 1954-1960; alternate delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1977); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; died on December 14, 2000 in Arlington, Va.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present