Francis Celeste Le Blond (February 14, 1821 – November 9, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1863 to 1867.

Biography

Francis Celeste Le Blond (grandfather of

Frank Le Blond Kloeb Frank Le Blond Kloeb (June 16, 1890 – March 11, 1976), also known as Frank L. Kloeb, was a Democratic United States Representative from Ohio, serving two terms from 1933 to 1937. He was also a United States district judge of the United States ...

) was born in

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in

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State legislature

He was a member of the

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from 1851 to 1855. He served as speaker of the house in 1854 and 1855.

Congress

Le Blond was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

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Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in business, and died in Celina, Ohio, on November 9, 1902. Interment in North Grove Cemetery.

Sources

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