Arthur Philip LAMNECK, Congress, OH (1880-1944)

LAMNECK, Arthur Philip, a Representative from Ohio; born in Port Washington, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, March 12, 1880; attended the public schools and was graduated from the Port Washington High School in 1897; engaged in sheet metal business at Columbus, Ohio, 1907 to 1929; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924; member of the Columbus (Ohio) City Council 1913-1921; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for mayor of Columbus, Ohio, in 1943; engaged in the wholesale coal business from 1939 until his death at Columbus, Ohio, April 23, 1944; interment in Port Washington Cemetery, Port Washington, Ohio.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present