Clyde L. Herring

Clyde L. Herring

Clyde Laverne Herring (born May 3, 1879 in Jackson , Michigan , † September 15, 1945 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ). He was the 26th governor of the state of Iowa from 1933 to 1937 and represented this member of the US Senate between 1937 and 1943 .

Early years

Clyde Herring attended local schools in his homeland. In 1897 he moved to Detroit . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 he was a soldier in a regiment out of Michigan. After the war, he moved to Colorado Springs , where he worked as a rancher between 1902 and 1906. After moving to Massena, Iowa, he returned to farming from 1906 to 1908. In 1908 he entered the automobile business, where he was very successful and soon became wealthy. At times he was the general agent for Ford in Iowa. During World War I he served in the Iowa National Guard, which at the time secured the Mexican border.

Political career

In 1920, Herring ran unsuccessfully for governor of Iowa. Two years later, his attempt to be elected to the US Senate failed. Between 1924 and 1928 he served on the board of the Democratic Party of Iowa and in 1932 he was elected governor of his state against incumbent Daniel Webster Turner . This was the first time since Horace Boies retired in 1894 that he was a Democrat governor of Iowa. This election victory was in line with the nationwide trend that was crowned with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States.

Herring took up his new office on January 12, 1933. After being re-elected in 1934, he could remain in office until January 14, 1937. This time was overshadowed by the consequences of the global economic crisis. Iowa also benefited from the federal government's New Deal policy. The governor also made his own efforts to overcome the crisis. A law was passed to better control government spending and ailing banks received government support. In 1936 Herring did not seek a third term. Instead, he ran for the US Senate. He won that election by less than 36,000 votes over incumbent Republican Senator Lester J. Dickinson .

Clyde Herring took up his new office in Congress two weeks late on January 15, 1937. The reason for this was that he wanted to end his term as governor regularly. Herring only served one term as a US Senator. He was not re-elected in the 1942 elections: he was defeated by George A. Wilson . In 1940, he had hoped to be nominated by his party as a vice-presidential candidate. This office went to Henry A. Wallace .

Another résumé

After his time in the Senate, he held a leading position in the Federal Government's Price Stability Commission ( Office of Price Administration ). Then he turned back to the automotive business. Herring died soon afterwards in September 1945. He had four children with his wife Emma Spinney.

Web links

• Clyde L. Herring in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Clyde L. Herring in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Clyde Herring in the National Governors Association (English)