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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJohn Jacob LENTZ
(1856-1931)
LENTZ, John Jacob, a
Representative from Ohio; born near St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, January 27, 1856; attended the common schools and the
St. Clairsville High School; taught school for four years; was
graduated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, in
1877; attended the University of Wooster in 1877 and 1878; was
graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1882 and
from the law department of Columbia University, New York City, in
1883; was admitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio, in October 1883
and practiced; founder of the American Insurance Union in 1894 and
its president continuously until his death; trustee of Ohio
University at Athens; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and
Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908;
participated in campaigns in many States in support of the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth amendments to the Constitution; retired
from his law practice in 1915 and engaged in the insurance
business; died in Columbus, Ohio, on July 27, 1931; interment in
Green Lawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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