John Levi Cable | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin F. Welty |
| Succeeded by | William T. Fitzgerald |
| In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | William T. Fitzgerald |
| Succeeded by | Frank Le Blond Kloeb |
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| Born | (1884-04-15)April 15, 1884 Lima, Ohio |
| Died | September 15, 1971(1971-09-15) (aged 87) Lima, Ohio |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Lima, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Kenyon College George Washington University Law School |
John Levi Cable (April 15, 1884 – September 15, 1971) was aU.S. Representative fromOhio and a great-grandson ofJoseph Cable.
Born inLima, Ohio, Cable attended public school. He received his undergraduate education fromKenyon College inGambier, Ohio. Later he earned an LL.B. in 1906, and from theGeorge Washington University Law School,Washington, D.C., he earned a J.D. in 1909. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice inLima, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Allen County from 1917 to 1921.
Cable was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-seventh andSixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925). He served as chairman of the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Sixty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1924. He resumed the practice of law.
Cable was again elected to theSeventy-first Congress. He was reelected to theSeventy-second Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to theSeventy-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He served as special assistant toOhio Attorney General 1933-1937. He served as special counsel to theReconstruction Finance Corporation in the liquidation of the Lima First American Bank & Trust Co. He was appointed Government appeal agent of Selective Service Board No. 2,Lima, Ohio from 1948 to 1960. He was author and publisher. He died inLima, Ohio, on September 15, 1971. He is entombed in a niche in St. Boniface Episcopal Church,Sarasota, Florida.
Cable was particularly interested in questions of citizenship and wrote several books on the topic. He was the motivating force behind theCable Act of 1922. Cable was married to Rhea Watson ofLima, Ohio in 1911. They had two children.[1] He was aFreemason.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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