L. M. Gensman
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Lorraine Michael Gensman (August 26, 1878 - May 27, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Born near Wichita, Kansas, Gensman attended the public schools, the Garden Plains Graded School, Wichita Commercial College, Lewis Academy, and the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Gensman was Principal of the Andale, Kansas schools in 1896 and 1897. He was graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law at Lawrence, Kansas in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lawrence, Kansas. He moved to Lawton, Oklahoma in 1901, serving as referee in bankruptcy 1902-1907. He served as prosecuting attorney of Comanche County in 1918 and 1919.
Gensman was elected as a Republican to the 67th Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the 68th Congress and for election in 1936 to the 75th Congress. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. He engaged in the oil business. He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1953. He died in Lawton, Oklahoma, May 27, 1954. He was interred in Highland Cemetery.
