Nicholas Longworth
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| 38th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office December 7, 1925 – March 4, 1931 |
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| President |
Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Frederick H. Gillett |
| Succeeded by | John Nance Garner |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1915 – April 9, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Stanley E. Bowdle |
| Succeeded by | John B. Hollister |
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In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
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| Preceded by | William B. Shattuc |
| Succeeded by | Stanley E. Bowdle |
| Personal details | |
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Nicholas Longworth III November 5, 1869 Mount Adams, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | April 9, 1931 (aged 61) Aiken, South Carolina |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Lee Roosevelt (m. 1906–1931; his death) |
| Relations |
Timothy Walker (grandfather) Maria Longworth (aunt) Clara Eleanor Longworth (sister) |
| Parents |
Nicholas Longworth II Susan Walker |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | politician |
| Profession | Law |
Nicholas "Nick" Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American Republican politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the successful Longworth Act of 1902, regulating the issuance of municipal bonds. As congressman for Ohio's 1st congressional district, he soon became a popular social figure of Washington, and married the president’s daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt. But their relationship cooled when he opposed her father in the Republican Party split of 1912. Longworth became Majority Leader of the House in 1923, and Speaker from 1925 to 1931. In this post, he exercised powerful leadership, tempered by charm and tact.
Longworth was the son of Nicholas Longworth II (1844 – 1890) and Susan Walker. The Longworths were an old, prominent, and wealthy family which dominated Cincinnati. He had two younger sisters, Anna and Clara. Nicholas Longworth II was the son of Joseph Longworth and grandson of winemaker Nicholas Longworth I (1783-1863), both distinguished citizens of Cincinnati.
Nicholas Longworth III attended the Franklin School, a school for boys in Cincinnati, and then went on to attend Harvard College (Class of 1891), where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon (Alpha chapter) and the Porcellian Club. He was a talented, but not necessarily an industrious student; one friend wrote about him: "His good head made it easy for him to get perfectly respectable marks without doing much of any work." After receiving his bachelor's degree from Harvard, he attended Harvard Law School for one year, but transferred to and received his law degree from Cincinnati Law School in 1894.
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