Born in South Cottonwood near Murray , Utah , Howe attended public schools before receiving a B.S. from the University of Utah in 1952 and a J.D.L. from the same university in 1954 . He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1947 . He held a number of legal and governmental jobs , including as deputy Salt Lake County attorney , South Salt Lake city attorney , administrative assistant and field representative to U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss from 1959 to 1964 , assistant attorney general of Utah from 1965 to 1966 , administrative assistant to Governor Calvin L. Rampton from 1966 to 1968 , and executive director of the Four Corners Regional Development Commission from 1968 to 1972 . He also practiced law in Salt Lake City , served as a delegate to Utah State Democratic conventions from 1954 to 1960 and was an alternate delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention . Howe was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974 . After being arrested for soliciting an undercover police officer posing as a prostitute , he lost reelection to Republican Dan Marriott in 1976
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
Allan Turner Howe