Walter H. Albaugh

Walter Hugh Albaugh (January 2, 1890 – January 21, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served two months as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in 1938 and 1939.

Walter Hugh Albaugh
1922 or 1923
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district
In office November 8, 1938 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Frank L. Kloeb
Succeeded by	Robert Franklin Jones
Personal details
Born	January 2, 1890 Phoneton, Ohio
Died	January 21, 1942 (aged 52) Troy, Ohio
Resting place	Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Ohio States University College of Law

Life and career

Born in Phoneton, Ohio, Albaugh attended both the public and high schools of his native city. He worked as a civil engineer where he surveyed fuel lands in Ohio and West Virginia from 1910 until 1911. He went on to graduate from the law department of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 1914, and was admitted to the bar the same year whereupon he commenced practice in Troy, Ohio.

World War I

During the First World War he served in the United States Infantry as a private, unassigned, from May 28, 1918 until December 13, 1918.

Political career

After the war, he went on to serve as a member of the State house of representatives from 1921 until 1925.

Albaugh was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank L. Kloeb, and only served from November 8, 1938, until January 3, 1939. He was not a candidate for nomination in 1938 to the next full term.

Albaugh subsequently resumed the practice of law in Troy, Ohio.

Death

He died on January 21, 1942 and is interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

• United States Congress. "Walter H. Albaugh (id: A000072)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Walter H. Albaugh at Find a Grave