Nicholas Longworth III (1869 - 1931)

Born 5 Nov 1869 in Mount Adams, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth — married 17 Feb 1906 in The White House, Washington

Died 9 Apr 1931 at age 61 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States

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Preceded by 37th Speaker Frederick H. Gillett

Nicholas Longworth 38th Speaker of the US House of Representatives December 7, 1925—March 4, 1931

Succeeded by 39th Speaker John Nance Garner

Biography

Longworth was the son of Nicholas Longworth II 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, both distinguished citizens of Cincinnati.

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 President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt. They were married at the White House on February 17,1906. However, 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.

Longworth served as speaker until the end of the 71st Congress on March 4, 1931, and was speaker-presumptive for the upcoming 72nd Congress at the time of his death. He died unexpectedly on April 9, from pneumonia while visiting his friend Dwight Filley Davis (of Davis Cup fame), and Daniel J. Duckett in Aiken, South Carolina. His body was subsequently interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Sources

• Nicholas Longworth on Wikipedia
• De Chambrun, Clara Longworth. The Making of Nicholas Longworth; Annals of an American Family. New York: Ray Long and Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1933. Reprint, Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1971.
• Story http://www.knoxfocus.com/2014/10/mr-speaker-nicholas-longworth-ohio/
• Longworth Properties http://www.diggingcincinnati.com/2014/06/longworths-turrett-lofts.html
• R.E. Dewhirst and J.D. Rausch. Encyclopaedia of United States Congress: Nicholas Longworth III. 2009. Page 333.
• [www.theodorerooseveltcentre.org The Roosevelt Centre], Dickinson State University
• Marriage Certificate, LDS 2108271, Digital File 4259034
• Salt Lake Telegram, 1931-04-10 Longworth Funeral Train Starts for Cincinnati; Burial Saturday