Oscar R. Luhring

Oscar R. Luhring

Oscar Raymond Luhring (born February 11, 1879 in Haubstadt , Gibson County , Indiana , †  August 20, 1944 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1923 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Oscar Luhring attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his admission to the bar in 1900, he began to work in this profession in Evansville . Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1903 and 1904 . Between 1908 and 1912 Luhring worked as a deputy public prosecutor.

In the 1918 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded George K. Denton on March 4, 1919 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1923 . During this time the 18th and 19th amendments were ratified. In 1923 Luhring was defeated by the Democrat William E. Wilson .

Between 1923 and 1925 Oscar Luhring worked for the Federal Ministry of Labor . In 1925 he was selected by President Calvin Coolidge appointed Deputy Minister of Justice ( Assistant Attorney General appointed); In 1930 he became a judge of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. He held this office until his death on August 20, 1944.

Web links

• Oscar R. Luhring in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Oscar R. Luhring in the database of Find a Grave (English)