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词条 L. M. Gensman
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  1. Biography

  2. Career

  3. Death

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox Congressman
| name = Lorraine Michael Gensman
| image = LMGensman.jpg
| state = Oklahoma
| district = 6th
| term_start = March 4, 1921
| term_end = March 4, 1923
| preceded = Scott Ferris
| succeeded = Elmer Thomas
| birth_date = {{birth-date|August 26, 1878}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|May 27, 1954|August 26, 1878}}
| birth_place = Wichita, Kansas
| death_place = Lawton, Oklahoma
| citizenship = {{US}}
| spouse = Lucia Van Cleef Gensman
| children =
| profession = PrincipalAttorney

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| party = Democratic Party
| alma_mater = Kansas State Normal SchoolUniversity of Kansas School of Law
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Lorraine Michael Gensman (August 26, 1878 – May 27, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Biography

Born on a farm near Wichita, Kansas, on August 26, 1878, Gensman was the son of Nicholas and Kansas Osborne Gensman. He attended the public schools, the Garden Plains Grade School, Wichita Commercial College, Lewis Academy, and the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. He was Principal of the Andale, Kansas schools in 1896 and 1897. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law at Lawrence, Kansas in 1901, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He married fellow University of Kansas graduate Lucia Van Cleef on April 6, 1904.[1]

Career

Gensman began practice in Lawrence, Kansas; then moved to Lawton, Oklahoma in 1901, resuming his practice there. He served as Referee in Bankruptcy from 1902 to 1907. He served as prosecuting attorney of Comanche County in 1918 and 1919.[2]

Elected as a Republican to the 67th Congress, Gensman served from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the 68th Congress and for election in 1936 to the 75th Congress. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. He engaged in the oil business, and resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1953.

Death

Gensman died in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, on May 27, 1954 (age 75 years, 274 days). He is interred at Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Oklahoma.[4]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=L. M. Gensman|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GE005.html|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=30 May 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=L. M. Gensman|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000123|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=30 May 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=L. M. Gensman|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/lorraine_gensman/404493|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=30 May 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=L. M. Gensman|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=30 May 2013}}

External links

  • Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Gensman, L. M.
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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130414054242/http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/gensman.htm Lorraine M. Gensman Collection] at the Carl Albert Center
  • {{Find a Grave|6837483}}

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| state= Oklahoma
| district= 6
| before= Scott Ferris
| after= Elmer Thomas
| years= 1921–1923}}{{s-end}}{{OKRepresentatives}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gensman, Lorraine Michael}}

10 : 1878 births|1954 deaths|People from Sedgwick County, Kansas|Emporia State University alumni|University of Kansas alumni|Kansas lawyers|Oklahoma lawyers|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma Republicans|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives

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