L. L. Marshall Explained

Lycurgus Luther Marshall
State1:Ohio
District1:At-large
Term Start1:January 3, 1939
Term End1:January 3, 1941
Preceded1:John McSweeney
Harold G. Mosier
Succeeded1:George H. Bender
Stephen M. Young
Office2:Member of the Ohio Senate
Term2:1923-1935
Office3:Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Term3:1921-1922
Birth Date:9 July 1888
Birth Place:Bucyrus, Ohio
Death Place:Aurora, Ohio
Restingplace:Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Ohio Wesleyan University
Western Reserve University School of Law

Lycurgus Luther Marshall (July 9, 1888 – January 12, 1958) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1939 to 1941.

Biography

Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Marshall attended the public schools, and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, in 1909 and from the law department of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915. He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio.

Political career

He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1921 and 1922, and in the Ohio State Senate from 1923 to 1935. He also served as member of the Euclid (Ohio) School Board for eight years.

Marshall was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress, and thereafter resumed the practice of law.

Death

He died in Aurora, Ohio, January 12, 1958, and was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.