Preceded by Frank B. Willis Political party Democratic Role Former U.S. senator Previous office Senator (OH) 1928–1928 | Succeeded by Theodore E. Burton Name Cyrus Locher Party Democratic Party Resigned December 14, 1928 | |
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Born March 8, 1878
Putnam County, Ohio ( 1878-03-08 ) Alma mater Ohio Wesleyan University
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
University of Michigan Died August 17, 1929, Cleveland, Ohio, United States Education University of Michigan, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ohio Wesleyan University | ||
Cyrus Locher (March 8, 1878 – August 17, 1929) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.
He graduated from high school at Pandora, Ohio, and from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1903, when he gave the commencement oration. He was later that year named superintendent of schools at Woodsfield, Ohio. He graduated from 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 an Ohio Supreme Court Justice for two terms between 1977-89.