Oscar Raymond Luhring

Background

Luhring, Oscar Raymond was born on February 11, 1879 in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry W. and Martha (Boren) Luhring.

Education

Born in Haubstadt, Indiana, Luhring attended the public schools and received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1900.

Career

He entered private practice in Evansville, Indiana in 1900. He was a Deputy prosecuting attorney of First Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1904 to 1908. He was a Prosecuting attorney of First Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1908 to 1912.

Luhring was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923) and was also an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

He was a Special assistant to United States. secretary of labor, Washington, District of Columbia from 1923 to 1925. He was an appointed by Calvin Coolidge as Assistant United States. attorney general of United States. Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia in 1925 and served until 1930.

On June 23, 1930, Luhring was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia created by 46 Statistics 785. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 3, 1930, and received his commission the same day.

Luhring served in that capacity until his death, in Washington, District of Columbia He was interred in Abbey Mausoleum in Arlington County, Virginia, and reinterred in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia.

Achievements

• Oscar Raymond Luhring has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Indiana House of Representatives, 1903-1904. Member 66th and 67th Congresses (1919-1923), 1st Indiana District. Member Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu Phi, Chevy Chase.

Connections

Married Margaret Graham Evans.

Father:

Henry West. Luhring

Mother:

Martha (Boren) Luhring

Spouse:

Margaret Graham Evans.