Frederick Charles LOOFBOUROW, Congress, UT (1874-1949)

LOOFBOUROW, Frederick Charles, a Representative from Utah; born in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, February 8, 1874; was educated in the common schools of Iowa; moved with his parents to Utah in 1889; was graduated from the Ogden Military Academy, Ogden, Utah, in 1892, and from the law department of the University of California at Berkeley in 1896; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Salt Lake City, Utah; district attorney of the third judicial district of Utah 1905-1911, and district judge 1911-1916; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first 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; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Salt Lake City, Utah, until his retirement; died in Salt Lake City, July 8, 1949; remains were cremated and the ashes scattered.

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