| LC control no. | n 85185550 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986 |
| See also | Ohio. Governor (1939-1945 : Bricker) |
| Birth date | 1893-09-06 |
| Death date | 1986-03-22 |
| Place of birth | Madison County (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Columbus (Ohio) |
| Field of activity | Politics |
| Affiliation | Ohio 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 occupation | Legislators Governors Lawyers Attorneys general Military Chaplains |
| Found in | NUCMC 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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