Cyrus Locher

Cyrus Locher (March 8, 1878 – August 17, 1929) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate in 1928.

Cyrus Locher
United States Senator from Ohio
In office April 4, 1928 – December 14, 1928
Appointed by	A. Victor Donahey
Preceded by	Frank B. Willis
Succeeded by	Theodore E. Burton
Personal details
Born	(1878-03-08)March 8, 1878 Putnam County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1929(1929-08-17) (aged 51) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Ohio Wesleyan University Case Western Reserve University School of Law University of Michigan

He graduated from high school at Pandora, Ohio, and from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1903, when he gave the commencement oration. He was later that year named superintendent of schools at Woodsfield, Ohio.^[1] He graduated from Western Reserve University Law School. He also studied briefly at the University of Michigan.

Locher served in various capacities as a prosecutor and public solicitor, as well as law professor in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate on April 4, 1928 upon the death of Senator Frank B. Willis. Locher served until December 14, 1928, having lost a bid for the nomination in a special election to fill the remainder of Willis's term.

Locher was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, where he underwent an operation for gallstones on August 11, 1929. He suffered complications following the operation, and received three blood transfusions in the following days. He died at the hospital at 4:45 a.m. on August 17, several hours after the third transfusion.^[2]

His nephew, Ralph S. Locher, would serve as both the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1962–67, and as an Ohio Supreme Court Justice for two terms between 1977-89.