Del Latta

Del Latta
Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1989
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBill Frenzel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1989
Preceded byCliff Clevenger
Succeeded byPaul Gillmor
Member of the Ohio State Senate
In office
1953–1958
Personal details
Born
Delbert Leroy Latta

(1920-03-05)March 5, 1920
Weston, Ohio, US
DiedMay 12, 2016(2016-05-12) (aged 96)
Bowling Green, Ohio, US
Resting placeUnion Cemetery, McComb, Ohio, US
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRose Mary Kiene
Children2, including Bob
Residence(s)Bowling Green, Ohio, US
Alma materFindlay College
Ohio Northern University

Delbert Leroy Latta (March 5, 1920 – May 12, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served 15 terms as a United States Representative from Ohio's 5th district from 1959 to 1989. A Republican, he is one of the state's longest-serving politicians as well as the father of Bob Latta, who has held his father's congressional seat since 2007.[1]