Leroy Tate MARSHALL, Congress, OH (1883-1950)

MARSHALL, Leroy Tate, a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Bellbrook, Greene County, Ohio, November 8, 1883; attended the public schools of Greene County; teacher in the public schools of Greene County, Ohio, 1903-1907; was graduated from Cedarville (Ohio) College in 1909; moved to Xenia, Ohio, and served as clerk of courts, Greene County, 1909-1913; studied law; was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1911 and commenced the practicing of law in Xenia, Ohio; served as chairman of the Greene County Republican county committee 1920-1932; member of the Ohio State Senate 1925-1928; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; returned to Xenia, Ohio, and continued the practice of law until his death there on November 22, 1950; interment in Woodland Cemetery.

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