Leroy T. Marshall

Who was Leroy T. Marshall?

Leroy Tate Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born on a farm near Bellbrook, Ohio, Marshall attended the public schools of Greene County. He was a teacher in the public schools of Greene County, Ohio from 1903 to 1907. He was graduated from Cedarville College in 1909. He moved to Xenia, Ohio, and served as clerk of courts, Greene County from 1909 to 1913. He studied law. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1911 and commenced the practicing of law in Xenia, Ohio. He served as chairman of the Greene County Republican county committee 1920-1932. He served as member of the Ohio State Senate 1925-1928.

Marshall was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress. He returned to Xenia, Ohio, and continued the practice of law until his death there on November 22, 1950. He was interred in Woodland Cemetery.