Frank Le Blond Kloeb (June 16, 1890 – March 11, 1976), also known as Frank L. Kloeb, was a Democratic

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from

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and a United States district judge of the

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Education and career

Kloeb (grandson of

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) was born in Celina,

. He attended the parochial and public schools,

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and the

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. During the

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, Kloeb enlisted as a seaman in the

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, advanced to quartermaster, third class, and then to ensign, and served from September 1917 to March 1919. He graduated from the

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in 1917, was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Celina in April 1919. He served as prosecuting attorney of Mercer County, Ohio, from 1921 to 1925.

Congressional service

Kloeb was elected as a Democrat to the

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and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1933, until August 19, 1937, when he resigned to accept a federal judicial appointment.

Federal judicial service

Kloeb was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 18, 1937, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge George Philip Hahn. He was confirmed by the

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on June 22, 1937, and received his commission on August 20, 1937. He served as Chief Judge from 1959 to 1960. He assumed

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on September 30, 1964. His service terminated on March 11, 1976, due to his death in Toledo, Ohio. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

Family

Kloeb and his wife, formerly Florence Root, had one daughter.

References

Sources

* Retrieved on 2008-01-24. *

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kloeb, Frank Le Blond 1890 births 1976 deaths Ohio lawyers Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American judges Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni County district attorneys in Ohio University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni United States Navy personnel of World War I People from Celina, Ohio Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio