25 Facts About Frank Lausche

Frank John Lausche was an American Democratic politician from Ohio.

Frank Lausche dropped out of school in 1911, when his older brother died, to help support his family.

Frank Lausche played baseball locally when not working, and was recruited as a third baseman to the amateur White Motor team, which won a national championship.

Frank Lausche was noticed by scouts and reported to the Duluth White Sox in Duluth, Minnesota, of the Class D Northern League in the spring of 1916.

Frank Lausche signed with a semi-pro team in Virginia, Minnesota.

Frank Lausche performed poorly for two weeks before returning to Cleveland, and amateur ball.

Frank Lausche started well, but was released after 27 games.

Frank Lausche enlisted in the United States Army that summer, and reported to Camp Gordon, near Atlanta, Georgia.

Frank Lausche was noticed playing baseball, and was asked to join the camp baseball team.

Frank Lausche was promoted to second lieutenant after eight months, and assigned to officers' training school.

Frank Lausche entered the Cleveland-Marshall School of Law early on 1919, and decided to continue in law school that spring, rather than report to spring training.

Frank Lausche was ranked second in his class at John Marshall School of Law and quickly became known as one of Cleveland's better trial lawyers.

Frank Lausche served as Municipal Court judge from 1932 to 1937 and Common Pleas Court judge from 1937 to 1941, before winning election as Mayor of Cleveland in 1941.

Frank Lausche served until 1944, when he first won election as governor of Ohio, the state's first Roman Catholic in that position.

Frank Lausche defeated Herbert in a 1948 rematch and served four consecutive two-year terms from 1949 to 1957.

Frank Lausche was reelected as governor in 1950, defeating state Treasurer Don H Ebright; in 1952, defeating Cincinnati Mayor Charles Phelps Taft II; and in 1954, defeating state Auditor Jim Rhodes, who later became governor himself.

Frank Lausche resigned in early 1957, having won election to the United States Senate in November 1956, unseating incumbent Republican George Bender.

Frank Lausche was a very popular, plain-spoken, big-city politician of the old school.

Jane Frank Lausche died November 24,1981, and, having converted to the Roman Catholic faith, was buried at Calvary Cemetery in southeast Cleveland.

Frank Lausche continued to live in Bethesda until contracting pneumonia in January 1990.

Frank Lausche was flown back to Cleveland, and was admitted to the Slovenian Home for the Aged on February 20, where he died of congestive heart failure on April 21,1990, at the age of 94.

Frank Lausche's funeral was at St Vitus Church, with Bishop Anthony Edward Pevec delivering the homily.

Frank Lausche's tombstone was incorrectly inscribed with a birth date of 1898.

Frank Lausche was named a Knight of St John of Malta by Pope John Paul II, "the highest civilian honor that can be bestowed by the Catholic Church".

The State of Ohio's office building in Cleveland, Ohio is named after Frank Lausche, as is the Frank Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center.