John J. Lentz
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John Jacob Lentz (January 27, 1856 - July 27, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, Lentz attended the common schools and the St. Clairsville High School. He taught school for four years. He was graduated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, in 1877. He attended the University of Wooster in 1877 and 1878. He was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1882 and from the law department of Columbia University, New York City, in 1883. He was admitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio, in October 1883 and practiced. Founder of the American Insurance Union in 1894 and its president continuously until his death. Trustee of Ohio University at Athens.
Lentz was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908. He participated in campaigns in many States in support of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth amendments to the Constitution. He retired from his law practice in 1915 and engaged in the insurance business. He died in Columbus, Ohio, on July 27, 1931. He was interred in Green Lawn Cemetery.
