Lycurgus Luther Marshall (July 9, 1888 – January 12, 1958) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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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 Admission to the bar in the United States, 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 Party (United States), Republican to the 76th United States Congress, Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the 77th United States Congress, 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.

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