John Howard Lamneck was a jurist from Tuscarawas County, Ohio, who was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1953, serving for about a year.

Youth

Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck. His older brother was

Arthur P. Lamneck Arthur Philip Lamneck (March 12, 1880 – April 23, 1944) was a four-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1939. Early life and career Born in Port Washington, Ohio, Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck. He attended the ...

. He was born on May 3, 1891, in

Port Washington, Ohio Port Washington is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 569 at the 2010 census. History Port Washington was originally called Salisbury, and under the latter name was laid out in 1827. A post office called Port ...

. He received a teaching certificate in 1915, and was later principal and superintendent of the high school in Port Washington.

Career

Lamneck studied law with a local lawyer and also took a course with the LaSalle Extension University of Chicago, Illinois. 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

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as chief of the division of workmen's compensation, and as assistant director of industrial relations.

Judicial

In 1924, Lamneck became the youngest probate judge in the state when he won election to the Tuscarawas County, Ohio Probate and Juvenile Court. He was re-elected in 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1940. In 1944, he won a six-year term as County Court of Common Pleas judge. In 1949, Lamneck resigned from the bench when Governor

Frank J. Lausche Frank John Lausche (; November 14, 1895 – April 21, 1990) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland and the 55th and 57th governor of Ohio, and also served as a United States Senator from Ohio ...

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 S. Matthias Edward Shiloh Matthias (April 6, 1873 – November 2, 1953) was a United States Republican Party, Republican lawyer from the U.S. state of Ohio who served the longest term in state history as a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court, more than 38 years. ...

, 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. He was married to Bertha Thomas in 1912 and had three children. Lamneck died January 11, 1975, aged 83, in

New Philadelphia, Ohio New Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The county's largest city, New Philadelphia lies along the Tuscarawas River. The population was 17,677 at the 2020 census. It is a principal city in the ...

, and is buried in

Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamneck, John H. Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court People from Port Washington, Ohio Ohio Democrats Ohio state court judges 1891 births 1975 deaths 20th-century American judges