Francis J. Love

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Francis Johnson Love (born January 23, 1901 in Cadiz , Harrison County , Ohio , † October 1989 in Wheeling , West Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the first constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Love attended the public schools of his home country and then, until 1924, Bethany College in West Virginia. Between 1926 and 1929 he worked as a teacher at Warwood High School in Wheeling. After studying law at West Virginia University's law school in Morgantown and being admitted to the bar in 1932, he began his new profession in Wheeling.

Love was a member of the Republican Party and was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1946 as its candidate in the first district of West Virginia . There he took over from the Democrat Matthew M. Neely on January 3, 1947 . But since he already lost the following election in 1948 to Robert L. Ramsay , Love could only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1949 . After his tenure in Congress, Francis Love returned to practice as a lawyer. Between 1956 and 1968 he was a delegate to all Republican National Conventions . He died in October 1989.

Web links

  • Francis J. Love in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)