LATTA, ROBERT E., (son of Delbert L. 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 (December 11, 2007-present).