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Lawyer Politicians in Pennsylvania, L

  Albert Henry Ladner Jr. (b. 1882) — also known as Albert H. Ladner — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 21, 1882. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Pennsylvania District, 1932; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1940. Lutheran. German ancestry. Member, Moose; Freemasons. Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Albert H. Ladner and Emma S. (Konzelmann) Ladner; married, April 14, 1909, to Lillian Guenthoer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William McGill Laird (b. 1890) — also known as William M. Laird — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Tyrone, Blair County, Pa., April 18, 1890. Lawyer; Washtenaw County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1917-20; Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26. Burial location unknown.
  William Lambert (1790-1853) — of Richmond, Va. Born in 1790. Lawyer; mayor of Richmond, Va., 1840-53; died in office 1853. Member, Freemasons. Died March 24, 1853 (age about 62 years). Original interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Church Hill, Richmond, Va.; reinterment in 1892 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank M. Lardin (b. 1874) — of German Township, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Petrolia, Butler County, Pa., October 24, 1874. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Fayette County, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  Glen R. Law (b. 1897) — of Sharpsville, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Raymilton, Venango County, Pa., May 7, 1897. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 50th District, 1935-38. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Oren B. Law and Margaret E. (Ramsey) Law; married to Byrdella Boyd.
  Gerald Lawrence (b. 1968) — of Wayne, Delaware County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 10, 1968. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, 1996-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Catholic. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Grandson of David Leo Lawrence.
  William Swain Lee (b. 1935) — also known as Bill Lee — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 18, 1935. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Sussex County Republican Party, 1973-77; Republican candidate for Governor of Delaware, 2000 (primary), 2004, 2008. Still living as of 2008.
  Relatives: Son of Walter H. Lee and Virginia (Swain) Lee.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Thomas Lenahan (1852-1920) — also known as John T. Lenahan — of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa. Born in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pa., November 15, 1852. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896, 1916; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1907-09. Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., April 28, 1920 (age 67 years, 165 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Aloysius Leonard (b. 1946) — also known as Thomas A. Leonard; Tom Leonard — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 5, 1946. Democrat. Lawyer; Philadelphia Register of Wills, 1976-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996; member of Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania, 1976-83; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1983; Philadelphia city controller, 1987-91; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Union League. Still living as of 1996.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Aloysius Leonard and Mary Teresa (Kelly) Leonard; married to Kathleen Mary Duffy.
  Murray Levin (b. 1943) — of Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 8, 1943. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004. Still living as of 2004.
  Alfred Baker Lewis (1897-c.1980) — also known as Alfred B. Lewis — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 20, 1897. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; secretary of Massachusetts Socialist Party, 1924-40; Socialist candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1926, 1928; Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Democratic candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives, 1944; vice-president, later president, Union Casualty insurance company. Episcopalian. Member, NAACP; American Civil Liberties Union; American Federation of Teachers; Americans for Democratic Action. Died about 1980 (age about 83 years). Interment somewhere in Fairfield County, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of John Frederick Lewis and Anne Henrietta Rush (Baker) Lewis; married, November 20, 1924, to Lena Greenspan; married, October 14, 1939, to Eileen B. Lane.
  David John Lewis (1869-1952) — also known as David J. Lewis — of Cumberland, Allegany County, Md. Born in Nuttals Bank, Centre County, Pa., May 1, 1869. Democrat. Coal miner; lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1902-04; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1911-17, 1931-39; defeated, 1908; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1916 (Democratic), 1922, 1938; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921. Died in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., August 12, 1952 (age 83 years, 103 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Lloyd Lewis and Catherine (Watkins) Lewis; married, December 19, 1893, to Florida M. Bohn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Fred Ewing Lewis (1865-1949) — also known as Fred E. Lewis — of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa. Born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., February 8, 1865. Republican. Lawyer; president, Merchants National Bank and Dime Savings and Trust Co.; mayor of Allentown, Pa., 1896-99, 1902-05, 1932-36; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1913-15. Died June 27, 1949 (age 84 years, 139 days). Interment at Union and West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  H. Craig Lewis (b. 1944) — of Feasterville, Bucks County, Pa. Born in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., July 22, 1944. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state senate 6th District, 1975-94. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 1994.
  Relatives: Son of Harold W. Lewis and Dorothy M. Lewis; married to Nancy Haigh.
  Joseph J. Lewis (1801-1883) — of West Chester, Chester County, Pa. Born in Westtown, Chester County, Pa., October 5, 1801. Republican. Lawyer; chief burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1839-43; candidate for justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1863-65; president, West Chester Railroad. Died April 5, 1883 (age 81 years, 182 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1827 to Mary S. Miner.
  Samuel S. Lewis (1874-1959) — of York, York County, Pa. Born in York, York County, Pa., February 17, 1874. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904 (alternate), 1944, 1948, 1952; postmaster at York, Pa., 1906-14; Pennsylvania state auditor general, 1921-25; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1925-29; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1939-43. Died January 15, 1959 (age 84 years, 332 days). Burial location unknown.
  T. L. Lewis (born c.1853) — of Oakland, Burt County, Neb. Born in Pennsylvania, about 1853. Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska state senate, 1885-86. Burial location unknown.
  Wilma B. Liebman — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Democrat. Lawyer; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1997-; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 2009-. Female. Still living as of 2009.
  David Auen Linn (b. 1948) — also known as David A. Linn — Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., August 8, 1948. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 18th District, 1988; member of California Republican State Committee, 1989. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary. Still living as of 1990.
  Relatives: Son of William Anthony Linn and Margaret Irene (Auen) Linn; married, September 15, 1973, to Ellen Delaney.
  William Bomberger Linn (b. 1871) — also known as William B. Linn — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa., December 20, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Pennsylvania, 1919-32; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1932-43. Episcopalian. Member, Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Valentine Linn and Mary (Bomberger) Linn; married, June 4, 1902, to Josephine Stewart Wood.
  John Park Linton (1833-1892) — of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., January 26, 1833. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Pennsylvania surveyor-general, 1865; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1866-67; candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1868; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., August 30, 1892 (age 59 years, 217 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Park Linton and Phebe (Levergood) Linton; married, April 16, 1857, to Annie E. King (daughter of George S. King); grandson of John Linton and Peter Levergood.
  Political family: Linton-King-Levergood family of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  Charles Ludlow Livingston (b. 1870) — also known as C. Ludlow Livingston — of Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; Westport, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., June 10, 1870. Republican. Electrical engineer; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1908-10; Swansea, 1910-15; Barbados, 1915-20; Charlottetown, 1921-22. Catholic. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Knights of Columbus. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Ludlow Livingston and Mary (Keif) Livingston; married, November 12, 1891, to Mary Keating; father of Philip Anson Livingston and Brockholst Livingston; great-grandson of Henry Brockholst Livingston and Henry Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of William Livingston and Walter Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder, Anthony Brockholls, Pieter Van Brugh, Phillip French and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); fourth great-grandnephew of Johannes Cuyler; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of Henry Brockholst Ledyard; first cousin twice removed of Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William Jay and Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin thrice removed of Philip Peter Livingston and Matthew Clarkson; first cousin four times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter Samuel Schuyler and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Cornelis Cuyler, Stephanus Bayard, John Cruger Jr. and Pierre Van Cortlandt; first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of John Jay II; second cousin twice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin thrice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836) and James Alexander Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of James Jay, Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Henry Cruger, Robert Van Rensselaer, John Jay, Frederick Jay, James Livingston and James Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Bronson Murray Cutting; third cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer and Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933); third cousin twice removed of Hamilton Fish; third cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston and John Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Herbert Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, John Jacob Astor III, Robert Ray Hamilton, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert Reginald Livingston and Robert Winthrop Kean.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Russell G. Lloyd Russell G. Lloyd Sr. (1932-1980) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind. Born in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pa., March 29, 1932. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1972-79; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1972. Catholic. Shot and mortally wounded by Julia Van Orden; he died eight hours later, in St. Mary's Hospital, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., March 21, 1980 (age 47 years, 358 days). His killer was convicted of murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  Relatives: Father of Russell G. Lloyd Jr..
  Image source: City of Evansville
  Joseph Simon Lord III (1912-1991) — also known as Joseph S. Lord III — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 21, 1912. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961-76. Died in April, 1991 (age 78 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Simon Lord and Irene (Hicks) Lord; married, November 25, 1936, to Marie Catherine McCrudden; married, February 14, 1971, to Maureen Colgan McCrudden.
  Samuel Lord (1831-1880) — also known as Sam Lord — of Marion Township, Olmsted County, Minn.; Mantorville, Dodge County, Minn. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., July 26, 1831. Republican. Lawyer; surveyor; school teacher; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 8, 1857-58; member of Minnesota state senate 15th District, 1866-67, 1870-71; district judge in Minnesota 5th District, 1872-80. Died February 12, 1880 (age 48 years, 201 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Mantorville, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Enoch W. Lord and Eleanor (Warren) Lord; married to Louisa Maria Compton; father of Samuel Lord (1859-1925); first cousin four times removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin thrice removed of James Hillhouse and Roger Griswold; third cousin twice removed of Henry Titus Backus; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, John William Allen, Theodore Sill, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Charles Newhall Taintor.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record
  John L. Lotsch (1881-1967) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born February 15, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1928. Arrested and indicted in 1935 on federal charges of taking bribes while serving as a special master overseeing a patent case; the case was dismissed in 1936, but he was immediately reindicted on an extortion charge; that indictment was thrown out by the Court of Appeals. Charged in 1938, with other officials of a defunct Brooklyn bank, with conspiracy to violate federal banking laws by accepting fees for granting loans; tried and convicted on three counts; sentenced to serve one year in jail; also disbarred. Pleaded guilty in 1939 to charges that he bribed federal judge Martin T. Manton, and testified at the judge's bribery trial. Died in 1967 (age about 86 years). Burial location unknown.
  Walter Hoge Lowrie (1807-1876) — also known as Walter H. Lowrie — of Pennsylvania. Born in Armstrong County, Pa., March 3, 1807. Lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1846-51; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-57; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1857-63. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., November 14, 1876 (age 69 years, 256 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Lowrie.
  Harry S. Lydick (b. 1860) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pa., April 23, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Allegheny County 2nd District, 1907-09. Burial location unknown.
  Perry M. Lytle (b. 1840) — of Huntingdon County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County, Pa., February 6, 1840. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Huntingdon County, 1889-98; resigned 1898; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Lytle.
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