Samuel Luccock Black (December 22, 1859 – June 18, 1929) was a Democratic politician from the

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who served as 32nd Mayor of Columbus, Ohio for one two-year period and was later a judge.

Biography

Samuel Luccock Black was born December 22, 1859 in Kimbolton,

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. His parents were William Black and Marie Luccock. He graduated at the public schools of

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in 1878, and

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in 1883. He studied law and was

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in 1887. Black moved to

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immediately after admission to the bar and set up practice with Powell,

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, Ricketts, and Black. He continued private practice until elected a judge. He first ran for office in 1896 for

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of Franklin County, but lost to Tod B. Galloway. He ran for Mayor of Columbus and defeated Republican Emmett Tompkins in the spring of 1897. While he was mayor, the

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was completed, the municipal electric light plant and West Side levee (on the

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) were completed, and the water system was improved. He ran for re-election in the mayoral election of 1899, but was defeated by

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Samuel J. Swartz. Black was elected Probate Judge of Franklin County November 1902, and was seated February, 1903. He later transferred to a newly created Juvenile Court. He retired and resumed private practice in 1917. Black died June 18, 1929, and is interred at

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