Loren Hass LAUGHLIN

LAUGHLIN, CHANCE

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Date: 2/12/2014 at 15:04:08

Loren H. Laughlin was born at Mt. Ayr, Iowa, August 13, 1896, son of Lawrence Weldon and Belle (Hass) Laughlin. He attended public school at Mt. Ayr and Des Moines, and was graduated from the Mt. Ayr High School. He attended Drake University, where he engaged in the study of law, and in 1918 received his Bachelor of Laws degree while in Military Service. Mr. Lauglin was discharged from the army on March 20, 1919.

On May 28, 1918, he was married to Marie Chance of Eagle Grove, Iowa. Mrs. Laughlin is a graduate of the Fine Arts Department of Drake University, and a member of the Eastern Star.

A Republican, in 1924 he was elected a member of the Nebraska state senate from the 16th senatorial district. And in 1925 he was chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments. He was re-elected in 1926 without opposition.

Senator Laughlin is a member of the Masons, Sesostris Temple of the Shrine at Lincoln, and is active in the Elks and Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Gage County and the Nebraska State Bar Associations, and was president of the latter in 1922. He is also a member of the American Bar Association. His patriotic organizations include the American Legion in which he has held various offices and the Forty and Eight. His fraternity is Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and has served as a member of the board of trustees, He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. Residence: Beatrice.

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Loren Hass Laughlin

Loren H. Laughlin, lawyer at Lincoln, Nebraska, was born at Mount Ayr, Iowa, August 13, 1896, the son of Lawrence Weldon and Sarah Belle (Hass) Laughlin. His father, who was born at Mount Ayr, April 11, 1868, has been a lawyer for many years, and was the organizer of the National Life Insurance Association at Des Moines, Iowa, and, other insurance corporations; his English, Scotch-Irish ancestors came to America in the early New England period, and were professional men and business executives. His mother, whose German ancestors came to this country in the 19th century, was born at Allendale, Worth County, Missouri, August 16, 1874; her ancestors were business men, and farmers.

Mr. Laughlin attended the public school of Des Moines and Mount Ayr, and was graduated from high school at Mount Ayr, in 1914. He received the LL. B. degree at Drake University in 1918, where he was graduated with class honors. He received the highest honors attained in the history of the school at Mount Ayr High School; and was elected to membership in Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Drake University.

He studied law and the abstract business in his father's office during his boyhood; was a member of the law firm of Hazlett, Jack & Laughlin, at Beatrice, Nebraska, 1919-28; was a member of the firm Jack, Laughlin & Vette, 1928-9; and since 1929 has been a practicing attorney at Lincoln. He served as attorney for various corporations.

An active member of the Republican party, Mr. Laughlin has held the following public offices: assistant counsel, Iowa Railroad Commission, 1917-18; assistant to the Iowa Code Commission, 1919; state senator, 16th Nebraska district 1925-9; elected delegate to the National Republican Convention at Kansas City, Missouri, 1928.

During the World War he served in Battery A., 67th Artillery, and graduated at the Artillery Officers' Training School, Saumur, France, 1918; he is captain in the Judge Advocate General Reserves, is a member of the American Legion, the National Reserve Officers' Association; and the 40 and 8. He holds membership in the American Bar Association; the Lancaster County Bar Association; the Nebraska State Bar Association; and the Nebraskana Society.

From 1919-28, he was a member of the Beatrice Chamber of Commerce, of which he was director from 1923-1928; and since 1929, has been a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Beatrice Kiwanis Club, 1921-8. His fraternal organizations include: Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; A. & A. S. R.; Shrine; Elks; Odd Fellows; Modern Woodmen of America; and B. A. Y; His social club is the University Club.

His marriage to Mildred Marie Chance was solemnized at Des Moines, Iowa, May 28, 1918. Mrs. Laughlin was born at Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa, May 25, 1898; her ancestry was English and Irish. Two children were born to this marriage: Betty Lucille, born February 26, 1930; and George William, born October 16, 1924. Residence: Lincoln.

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