Arthur Philip Lamneck (March 12, 1880 – April 23, 1944) was a four-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1939.

Arthur P. Lamneck
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byJohn C. Speaks
Succeeded byJohn M. Vorys
Personal details
Born
Arthur Philip Lamneck

(1880-03-12)March 12, 1880
Port Washington, Ohio
DiedApril 23, 1944(1944-04-23) (aged 64)
Columbus, Ohio
Resting placePort Washington Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic

Early life and career

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Born in Port Washington, Ohio, Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck.[1] He attended the public schools and graduated from the Port Washington High School in 1897. He engaged in the sheet metal business at Columbus, Ohio, from 1907 to 1929. Lamneck served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924. He served as member of the Columbus City Council from 1913 to 1921.

Congress

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Lamneck was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for mayor of Columbus, in 1943.

Later career and death

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He engaged in the wholesale coal business from 1939 until his death from dropsy at Columbus, April 23, 1944. Lamneck was interred in Port Washington Cemetery in Port Washington, Ohio.

References

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  1. ^ "Arthur P. Lamneck Ohio Deaths 1908-1953". Familysearch.com. Retrieved 2013-07-27.

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 12th congressional district

March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1939
Succeeded by