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Thomas Erwin Latimer (1879-1937) —
also known as Thomas E. Latimer —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hilliard, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 6,
1879.
Lawyer; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1935-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died November
6, 1937 (age 58 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Steven C. LaTourette (b. 1954) —
of Madison, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 22,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1989-95; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1995-2003 (19th District 1995-2003,
14th District 2003).
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Delbert Leroy Latta (b. 1920) —
also known as Delbert Latta —
of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio.
Born in Weston, Wood
County, Ohio, March 5,
1920.
Married to Mary Rose Kiene; father of Robert
E. Latta.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1953-58; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1959-89; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1968,
1976.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert E. Latta (b. 1956) —
of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio.
Born in 1956.
Son of Delbert
Leroy Latta.
Republican. Lawyer; Wood
County Commissioner, 1991-96; member of Ohio state
senate, 1997-2001; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 2001-07; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 2007-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Lewis C. Laylin (b. 1848) —
of Ohio.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, September
28, 1848.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Huron
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-86; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1888-93; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1892-93; secretary of
state of Ohio, 1901-07.
Burial
location unknown.
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Carney Milton Layne (b. 1878) —
also known as Carney M. Layne —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Crown City, Gallia
County, Ohio, March 2,
1878.
Son of William M. Layne and Nancy E. (Trusdell) Layne; married, November
21, 1916, to Alice Mary Lanahan; father of Carney
Milton Layne, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1915-16; chair of
Cabell County Democratic Party, 1917; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 6th Judicial Circuit, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Woodrow Levering (1914-1989) —
also known as Robert W. Levering —
of Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, October
3, 1914.
Married to Eileen Rosemary Burdick (daughter of Usher
Lloyd Burdick; sister of Quentin
Northrop Burdick).
Democrat. Librarian;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1959-61; defeated, 1948,
1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Died in Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, August
11, 1989 (age 74 years, 312
days).
Cremated.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Washington Ellsworth Lindsey (1862-1926) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, December
20, 1862.
Lawyer; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1917; Governor of
New Mexico, 1917-19.
Congregationalist.
Died April 5,
1926 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Campbell Little (1858-1924) —
also known as Edward C. Little —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, December
14, 1858.
Married to Edna Margaret Steele.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1892;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate
for justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1914; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1917-24; died in office
1924.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 27,
1924 (age 65 years, 196
days).
Interment at Abilene
Cemetery, Abilene, Kan.
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Ralph Sidney Locher (1915-2004) —
also known as Ralph S. Locher —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Moreni, Romania,
July
24, 1915.
Son of Ephraim Locher and Natalie (Voigt) Locher; married, June 18,
1939, to Eleanor Worthington.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1962-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1964;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1969-72; probate judge in Ohio,
1973-77; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1977-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 18,
2004 (age 88 years, 330
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Francis Lockwood (1822-1901) —
also known as William F. Lockwood —
of Lorain
County, Ohio; Dakota City, Dakota
County, Neb.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 1,
1822.
Lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1854-56; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1860; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-67.
Died February
9, 1901 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.
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Ira R. Longsworth (b. 1859) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, October
2, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Lima, Ohio, 1890-92.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
5, 1869.
Son of Nicholas Longworth (1844-1890) and Susan (Walker) Longworth
(1845-1922); nephew of Bellamy
Storer; second cousin of Larz
Anderson; married, February
17, 1906, to Alice
Lee Roosevelt (daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt; half-brother of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1900; defeated,
1897; member of Ohio state
senate, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1903-13, 1915-31;
defeated, 1912; died in office 1931; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1925-31; died in office 1931.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., April 9,
1931 (age 61 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Neil L. Lora (1895-1944) —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Rockport, Allen
County, Ohio, April 4,
1895.
Lawyer; piano player;
played in his own band in the 1920s; municipal judge in Ohio,
1932-39; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1939-44.
Methodist.
Died, from a coronary
thrombosis, in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
4, 1944 (age 49 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rockport
Cemetery, Rockport, Ohio.
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Francis Johnson Love (1901-1989) —
also known as Francis J. Love —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
23, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Ohio County Republican Party, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1947-49;
defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1966.
Died in 1989
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio.
Born in Tarlton, Pickaway
County, Ohio, May 23,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; partner, Delaware Chair
Company; mayor
of Delaware, Ohio, 1869-71; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach), Volusia
County, Fla., February
7, 1910 (age 69 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.
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James Thomas Lynn (b. 1927) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
27, 1927.
Son of Frederick Robert Lynn and Dorthea Estelle (Petersen) Lynn;
married, June 5,
1954, to Joan Miller.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1973-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2009.
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