Francis Celeste Le Blond Explained

Birthname:Francis Celeste Le Blond
Francis Le Blond
State1:Ohio
Term Start1:March 4, 1863
Term End1:March 3, 1867
Preceded1:James Mitchell Ashley
Succeeded1:William Mungen
Office2:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Mercer County
Term2:January 5, 1852-January 6, 1856
Preceded2:William Blackburn
Succeeded2:John Shaw
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:14 February 1821
Birth Place:Bellville, Ohio
Death Place:Celina, Ohio
Restingplace:North Grove Cemetery

Francis Celeste Le Blond (February 14, 1821 – November 9, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio from 1863 to 1867.

Biography

Francis Celeste Le Blond (grandfather of Frank Le Blond Kloeb) was born in Bellville, Ohio.

He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Celina, Ohio.

State legislature

He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. He served as speaker of the house in 1854 and 1855.

Congress

Le Blond was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1866.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in business, and died in Celina, Ohio, on November 9, 1902. Interment in North Grove Cemetery.

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