Latta, Robert E.

Robert E. Latta

Party: Republican

Chamber: House of Representatives

State: Ohio

District: 5

Biography

LATTA, Robert E., ( son of Delbert Leroy Latta ), a Representative from Ohio; born in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, April 18, 1956; B.A., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1978; J.D., University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1981; lawyer, private practice; Wood County, Ohio, commissioner, 1991-1996; member of the Ohio state senate, 1997-2000; member of the Ohio state house of representatives, 2001-2007; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Paul Eugene Gillmor, and reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses (December 11, 2007-present).