Edward C. Turner

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Edward C. Turner

Edward Crawford Turner (born March 26, 1872 in Columbus , Ohio , † September 13, 1950 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party . He was Attorney General of Ohio from 1915 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1929 . He was also a Freemason .

Career

Edward Crawford Turner, son of Jane Crawford and Robert M. Turner, was born in Columbus in 1872. Nothing is known about his youth. He studied law at Ohio State University College of Law , where he graduated in 1901. He was admitted to the bar that same year and then began practicing in Columbus. In 1903 he made his Master of Laws at Ohio State University College of Law. Turner was elected prosecuting attorney in Franklin County in 1910 . Several members of the Ohio General Assembly were accused of taking bribes in 1911. Then Turner and Attorney General Timothy Sylvester Hogan investigated. Five MPs were charged and four of them went to prison. Turner was re-elected prosecutor in 1912. During his second term, several public officials were prosecuted for receiving benefits from public employment relationships in violation of the law.

Turner was elected Attorney General of Ohio in 1914, but lost his re-election in 1916. He then resumed his practice as a lawyer. In 1926 he won the election for the office of Attorney General of Ohio. He then ran for the Republican nomination for governor of Ohio in 1928 , but lost the primary to future Governor Myers Y. Cooper .

Governor John W. Bricker appointed Turner a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County in May 1939 to fill the vacancy created by the death of a judge. Turner lost the Republican primary in 1940. Governor Bricker nominated him on October 1, 1940 for the remainder of Judge George S. Myers' term on the Supreme Court of Ohio . Turner won the election on November 4, 1940 and served the remaining two years of Myers' tenure. He was then re-elected for a six-year term in 1942 and 1948. Turner held the post of judge until his death on September 13, 1950 in Columbus as a result of a stroke . He was buried there in the Green Lawn Cemetery .

Turner married Nan A. Jahn on December 11, 1902. The couple had a son.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Denslow, William R .: 10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z , Kessinger Publishing, 2004

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personal data
SURNAME Turner, Edward C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turner, Edward Crawford (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1950
Place of death Columbus , Ohio