Rodney Marvin Love | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Paul F. Schenck |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Whalen Jr. |
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| Born | (1908-07-18)July 18, 1908 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 1996(1996-05-05) (aged 87) Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University University of Dayton Law School |
Rodney Marvin Love (July 18, 1908 – May 5, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a one-termU.S. Representative forOhio's District 3 from 1965 to 1967.
Rodney M. Love was born inDayton, Ohio, where he graduated fromSteele High School in 1926. He was graduated from theOhio State University, class of 1930, and then attended theUniversity of Dayton Law School where he was graduated in 1933.
Love was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in Dayton. In 1941, he became chief deputy inMontgomery County, Ohioprobate court, a position he held for four years. He was appointedjudge of that probate court in 1945 to fill a vacancy, and was subsequently elected in 1946 to fill the partial term and reelected in 1948 and 1954. Love resigned from the bench in 1960 to return to his private law practice.
Rodney M. Love was elected as aDemocrat to the89th United States Congress (January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967), but was unsuccessful as a candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress.
In the 1960s, he spoke out against hatred and bigotry. He worked for mental health issues, serving as a Dayton chairman of the Ohio Mental Health Association's chapter and affiliation committee.
Love was elected to Montgomery County (Ohio)Common Pleas Court in 1968 and reelected in 1974, serving until 1980. In retirement, he served by appointment of theOhio Supreme Court as an active judge.
Rodney M. Love suffered a stroke in Dayton in 1993 and died May 5, 1996, inMesa, Arizona.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 3rd congressional district 1965–1967 | Succeeded by |
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