district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name alma_mater
3rd charles w. whalen , jr. 5 may 1996 mesa , arizona dayton , ohio democratic january 3 , 1967 paul f. schenck 18 july 1908 january 3 , 1965 rodney m. love 89th congress 1965.jpg rodney m. love
 ohio rodney marvin love ohio state university university of dayton law school
rodney m. love

rodney marvin love -lrb- july 18 , 1908 -- may 5 , 1996 -rrb- was a u.s. representative for ohio 's district 3 .
rodney m. love was born in dayton , ohio where he graduated from steele high school in 1926 .
he was graduated from the ohio state university , class of 1930 , and then attended the university 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 in montgomery county , ohio probate court , a position he held for four years .
he was appointed judge 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 a democrat to the 89th united states congress -lrb- january 3 , 1965 -- january 3 , 1967 -rrb- , 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 -lrb- ohio -rrb- common pleas court in 1968 and reelected in 1974 , serving until 1980 .
in retirement , he served by appointment of the ohio supreme court as an active judge .
rodney m. love suffered a stroke in dayton in 1993 and died may 5 , 1996 in mesa , arizona .
