Earl D. Bloom (May 29, 1871 – June 8, 1930) was an American politician who served as the 35th, 37th and 39th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1917 to 1919, 1923 to 1925, and 1927 to 1928. Bloom ran for governor in 1928 but lost in the Democratic primary. He was a lawyer and a banker.

Biography

Earl Bloom was born in

Wood County, Ohio Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 132,248. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's ...

May 29, 1871 to James L. and Lydia A. (Ackerman) Bloom. He attended public schools of Wood County, and from 1889 to 1895 Ohio Northern University College of Law, where he received an LL.B. In 1895, Bloom was admitted to the bar and was married to Eleanor G. Lathrop July 24. They had one child, Alice G. Bloom. Bloom practiced law in Bloomdale, Ohio, before moving to Bowling Green, Ohio in 1905. During World War I, Bloom was director of the Red Cross in Wood County. He was a member of F. & A.M., R. A. M., Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, 32nd Degree,

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, B.P.O.E., and the Wood County Bar Association. Bloom died in Toledo, and is buried in Old Maplewood Cemetery, North Baltimore, Ohio.

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Political Graveyard entry on Bloom
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Earl D. 1871 births Lieutenant governors of Ohio People from Bowling Green, Ohio Ohio lawyers Ohio Democrats Claude W. Pettit College of Law alumni 1930 deaths People from Wood County, Ohio