Lafayette Holbrook (September 7, 1850 – January 1, 1941) was mayor of Provo, Utah, from 1894 to 1897 and an unsuccessful candidate for the

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in 1896. Holbrook was born in

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in the Provisional State of Deseret, just two days before

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was created. A year after his birth his father, Chandler Holbrook, helped found

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, and that is where Holbrook was raised. He was a nephew of Utah politician Joseph Holbrook. Holbrook attended the University of Deseret, the predecessor of the

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. He was for many years involved in the ranching business, bringing cattle and pigs from Texas and Kansas to Utah. From 1873 to 1875, Holbrook served as an LDS missionary in England. In 1876, he married Emily Angeline Hinckley, a daughter of

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. In later years, Holbrook was involved in mercantile activities in Frisco and

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, and was an owner of mining companies in the Tintic Region along the

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line and in the Detroit Mining District in

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. In 1896, Holbrook was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for United States House of Representatives from Utah. In 1901, he became a counselor in the

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of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holbrook, Lafayette 1850 births 1941 deaths 19th-century Mormon missionaries Latter Day Saints from Utah American Mormon missionaries in England Ranchers from Utah Mayors of Provo, Utah People from Fillmore, Utah University of Utah alumni Utah Republicans