Frank Le Blond Kloeb

Frank Le Blond Kloeb

Frank Le Blond Kloeb (born June 16, 1890 in Celina , Ohio , †  March 11, 1976 in Toledo , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives ; then he became a federal judge .

Career

Frank Kloeb was the grandson of Congressman Francis Celeste Le Blond (1821-1902). He attended the public schools of his home country, Ohio State University in Columbus and the University of Wisconsin – Madison . After studying law at Ohio State University and being admitted to the bar in 1917, he began working in Celina in 1919 in this profession. In between, he served from 1917 to 1919 during the First World War in the US Navy . From 1921 to 1925 he was a prosecutor in Mercer County .

Politically, Kloeb joined the Democratic Party . In the 1932 congressional election , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Republican John L. Cable on March 4, 1933 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on August 19, 1937 . During that time, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

Kloeb's resignation came after he was appointed to succeed the late George Philip Hahn as a judge at the federal district court for the northern district of Ohio. He held this office until September 30, 1964. He then officially retired, but as a senior judge continued to work occasionally as a federal judge until 1974. Frank Kloeb died on March 11, 1976 in Toledo, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Frank Le Blond Kloeb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Frank Le Blond Kloeb in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• Frank Le Blond Kloeb in the database of Find a Grave (English)