Background
John Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck. He was born May 3, 1891 in Portuguese Washington, Ohio.
John Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck. He was born May 3, 1891 in Portuguese Washington, Ohio.
Lamneck studied law with a local lawyer and also took a course with the LaSalle Extension University of Chicago, Illinois.
He received a teaching certificate in 1915, and was later principal and superintendent of the high school in Portuguese Washington. He passed the Ohio bar on December 5, 1918. In 1917, Lamneck became a payroll auditor for the Ohio Industrial Commission.
He managed the Akron and Toledo branches of the Industrial Commission for six years, and was named by Ohio Governor A. Victor Donahey as chief of the division of workmen"s compensation, and as assistant director of industrial relations.
He was re-elected in 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1940. In 1949, Lamneck resigned from the bench when Governor Frank J. Lausche named him director of public welfare.
He held this position until 1953, when Lausche appointed him to the Ohio Supreme Court on November 17 to fill the seat of Edward South. Matthias, who had died November 2. In 1954, the constitution required an election to fill the remaining two years of Edward Matthias"s term.
Lamneck lost to the Republican candidate John M. Matthias, Edward"s son.
When the election results were final, John Matthias assumed the seat. Lamneck was in private practice until he was again elected to the Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas in 1960. He was re-elected in 1966, and retired in 1972.
Lamneck died January 11, 1975 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and is buried in Portuguese Washington.