Cyrus Locher (March 8, 1878 – August 17, 1929) was a Democratic politician from

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. He served in the

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in 1928. He graduated from high school at

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, and from

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in 1903, when he gave the commencement oration. He was later that year named superintendent of schools at

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. He graduated from

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Law School. He also studied briefly at the

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. Locher served in various capacities as a prosecutor and public solicitor, as well as law professor in

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during the 1910s and 1920s. He was appointed to the

on April 4, 1928 upon the death of Senator Frank B. Willis. Locher served until December 14, 1928, having lost a bid for the nomination in a special election to fill the remainder of Willis's term. Locher was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, where he underwent an operation for

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s on August 11, 1929. He suffered complications following the operation, and received three blood transfusions in the following days. He died at the hospital at 4:45 a.m. on August 17, several hours after the third transfusion. His nephew, Ralph S. Locher, would serve as both the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1962–67, and as an

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Justice for two terms between 1977-89.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Locher, Cyrus 1878 births 1929 deaths People from Putnam County, Ohio Democratic Party United States senators from Ohio Politicians from Cleveland Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni 20th-century United States senators