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Francis Celeste Le Blond

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Role
  
U.S. representative

Party
  
Democratic Party

Political party
  
Democratic

Succeeded by
  
William Mungen

Name
  
Francis Le


Francis Celeste Le Blond

Born
  
February 14, 1821 Bellville, Ohio (
1821-02-14
)

Died
  
November 9, 1902, Celina, Ohio, United States

Preceded by
  
James Mitchell Ashley

Resting place
  
North Grove Cemetery

Francis Celeste Le Blond (February 14, 1821 – November 9, 1902) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

Francis Celeste Le Blond (grandfather of Frank Le Blond Kloeb) was born in Bellville, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Celina, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. He served as speaker of the house in 1854 and 1855.

Le Blond was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1866. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in business, and died in Celina, Ohio, on November 9, 1902. Interment in North Grove Cemetery.

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Francis Celeste Le Blond Wikipedia