Cyrus Locher

Cyrus Locher
United States Senator from Ohio
In office April 5, 1928 – December 14, 1928
Preceded by	Frank B. Willis
Succeeded by	Theodore E. Burton
Personal details
Born	March 8, 1878(1878-03-08) Putnam County, Ohio
Died	August 17, 1929(1929-08-17) (aged 51) Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Democratic

Cyrus Locher (March 8, 1878 – August 17, 1929) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.

Locher studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and Western Reserve University Law School. He also studied briefly at the University of Michigan.

Locher served in various capacities as a prosecutor and public solicitor, as well as law professor in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate on April 5, 1928 upon the death of Senator Frank B. Willis. Locher served until December 14, 1928, having lost a bid for the nomination in a special election to fill the remainder of Willis's term.

His nephew, Ralph S. Locher, would serve as both the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1962-67, and as a Ohio Supreme Court Justice for two terms between 1977-89.

References

• Cyrus Locher at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by Frank B. Willis	United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1928	Succeeded by Theodore E. Burton

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Name	Locher, Cyrus
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Date of birth	March 8, 1878
Place of birth	Putnam County, Ohio
Date of death	August 17, 1929
Place of death	Cleveland, Ohio