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Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986

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Personal name headingBricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986
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See alsoOhio. Governor (1939-1945 : Bricker)
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Birth date1893-09-06
Death date1986-03-22
Place of birthMadison County (Ohio)
Place of deathColumbus (Ohio)
Field of activityPolitics
AffiliationOhio State University
Ohio State University. College of Law
United States. Army
Ohio. Attorney General
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio. Attorney General
United State. Congress. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators Governors Lawyers Attorneys general Military Chaplains
Found inNUCMC data from LC Mss. Div. for Taft, R.A. Papers, 1885-1962 (John W. Bricker, 1893-1986)
WWA, 1974-5 (Bricker, John William, lawyer; b. Madison Co., Ohio, 1893; s. Lemuel Spencer and Laura (King) B.; asst. atty. gen. Ohio, 1923-27; gov. Ohio, 1939-45; Rep. candidate for v.p. U.S., 1944; home, Columbus, Ohio)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, August 10, 2017: (Bricker, John William, a Senator from Ohio; born on a farm near Mount Sterling, Madison County, Ohio, September 6, 1893; attended the country schools; graduated from Ohio State University at Columbus in 1916 and from its law department in 1920; admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio, in 1920; during the First World War served as first lieutenant and chaplain in the United States Army in 1917 and 1918; solicitor for Grandview Heights, Ohio 1920-1928; assistant attorney general of Ohio 1923-1927; member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio 1929-1932; attorney general of Ohio 1933-1937; Governor of Ohio 1939-1945; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President in 1944; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1946, reelected in 1952 and served from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1959; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958; chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Eighty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Columbus, Ohio, March 22, 1986; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery)
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