Background
Holbrook was born in Salt Lake City in the Provisional State of Deseret, just two days before Utah Territory was created.
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Lafayette Holbrook
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Education
University of Utah.
Career
A year after his birth his father, Chandler Holbrook, helped found Fillmore, Utah, and that is where Holbrook was raised. Holbrook attended the University of Deseret, the predecessor of the University of Utah. 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 Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) missionary in England.
In later years, Holbrook was involved in mercantile activities in Frisco and Logan, Utah, and was an owner of mining companies in the Tintic Region along the Utah County–Juab County line and in the Detroit Mining District in Millard County, Utah. In 1896, Holbrook was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for United States House of Representatives from Utah.
In 1901, he became a counselor in the presidency of the Utah Stake.
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Political Party
Republican party