Del Latta
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Delbert Leroy Latta — also known as Delbert Latta or simply Del Latta — spent most of his adult life with his wife, Rose Mary (Kiene), in Bowling Green, Ohio although he was born in Weston, Ohio, March 5, 1920.
Lawyer by profession and a Republican member of Ohio state senate in 1953 to 1958. From 1959 to 1989 he served as a U.S. Representative from the Ohio 5th District. In 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1996 he served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Ohio,
A powerful member of the House of Representatives during his tenure, Latta was rumored to one of the last two or three names on President Richard Nixon's post Spiro T. Agnew vice-presidential shortlist.
He is to this day an active member of the Church of Christ.
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