{{short description|American politician and lawyer (1871–1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Isaac Lobe Straus | image = Isaac Lobe Straus (1914) (cropped).png | alt = | caption = Straus in 1914 publication | order = | office = Attorney General of Maryland | term_start = 1907 | term_end = 1911 | governor = Edwin Warfield<br/>Austin Lane Crothers | predecessor = William Shepard Bryan Jr. | successor = Edgar Allan Poe | office2 = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | term2 = 1902 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|3|24}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1946|2|4|1871|3|24}} | death_place = Brooklandville, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = Har Sinai Cemetery<br />Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = Florence Ridgely | children = | education = Baltimore City College | alma_mater = Johns Hopkins University<br />University of Maryland School of Law (LLB) | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}} | signature = }}
'''Isaac Lobe Straus''' (March 24, 1871 – February 4, 1946) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1902 and as Attorney General of Maryland from 1907 to 1911.
==Early life== Isaac Lobe Straus was born on March 24, 1871, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Annette (née Lobe) and William Henry Straus. He attended Baltimore City College and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1890. He was Jewish. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1892 with a Bachelor of Laws.<ref name="msa">{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001500/001514/html/01514bio.html |title=Isaac Lobe Straus (1871-1946) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2014-10-01 |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref><ref name="men">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/distinguishedmen00unse/page/n37/mode/2up |title=Distinguished Men of Baltimore and of Maryland |year=1914 |publisher=Baltimore American |page=30 |access-date=2022-12-02 |via=Archive.org}}</ref> He was admitted to the bar in June 1892.<ref name="men"/>
==Career== Straus served as general counsel to the Board of Supervisors of Elections for Baltimore from 1900 to 1901. He was a member of the burnt district commission following the Great Baltimore Fire. He served as special counsel for the state of Maryland relating to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.<ref name="msa"/>
Straus was a Democrat. Straus served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Baltimore, in 1902. He served as Attorney General of Maryland from 1907 to 1911.<ref name="msa"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/attygen.html |title=Historical List, Attorneys General, 1777- |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2016-12-09 |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref> He served as a delegate to the 1908 Democratic National Convention. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1914.<ref name="msa"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/bchse1.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Baltimore City (1865-1902) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2005-11-08 |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref>
==Personal life== Straus married Florence Ridgely.<ref name="msa"/>
Straus died on February 4, 1946, in Brooklandville, Maryland. He was buried at Har Sinai Cemetery in Baltimore.<ref name="msa"/>
== See also == * List of Jewish American jurists
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