Francis J. Love

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Francis Johnson Love (January 23, 1901 – October 30, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Republican[1] U.S. Congressman from West Virginia from 1947 to 1949.

Biography

Love was born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, on January 23, 1901. He attended public schools, then attended Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, where he received an A.B. degree in 1924.

Francis Love served as the principal of Warwood High School in Wheeling, West Virginia from 1926 to 1929. He attended West Virginia University Law School at Morgantown and received his J.D. degree in 1932. Admitted to the bar the same year, Love commenced the practice of law in Wheeling.

Congress

Love was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949), but was unsuccessful for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress, losing to the Democrat Robert L. Ramsay.[2] Love was the Republican nominee again in 1950 and 1952, but was unable to regain his former seat in the House.[3]

After Congress

He resumed the general practice of law and served as delegate to Republican National Conventions in 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968. As the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1966, Love was defeated by Jennings Randolph by a margin of 60 to 40%.[4]

Death

Congressman Love was a resident of Wheeling until his death in October 1989.

See also

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