George Hoadly

George Hoadly (born July 31, 1826 in New Haven , Connecticut , † August 26, 1902 in New York City ) was an American politician and from 1884 to 1886 the 36th governor of the state of Ohio .

Early years and political advancement

After the family had moved to Cleveland , Ohio around 1830 , Hoadly attended Western Reserve College and later Harvard University , where he studied law. After his admission to the bar, he worked in the law firm of Salmon P. Chase in Cincinnati . With Chase's frequent absenteeism due to his political activities, Hoadly had the opportunity to represent him on many important court dates. Hoadly was a judge on a court in Cincinnati in 1851, 1859, and 1864 . Between 1855 and 1859 he acted as a trial lawyer in this city. In 1866 he founded his own law firm.

Hoadly was originally a member of the Democratic Party . However, under the influence of Chase, he switched to the Republicans . However, only the common struggle against slavery tied him to this party. After the civil war and the end of this institution, Hoadly became increasingly dissatisfied with his party's reconstruction policy. Eventually he returned to the Democrats in the mid-1870s.

In the controversial presidential election of 1876 , he represented the interests of Samuel J. Tilden . In 1880 he was temporarily chairman of the Democratic National Convention . In 1883 he was nominated as a candidate for the Democratic Party for gubernatorial elections. Then he won the actual election with 12,500 votes ahead of his Republican opponent Joseph B. Foraker .

Governor of ohio

Hoadly took up his new office on January 14, 1884. During this time, the Ohio governor lost some of its reputation for taking unpopular measures. In 1884 he deployed the National Guard in Cincinnati with great delay, where riots broke out after a murder and the population wanted to hang up the perpetrators. The mob stormed the court and destroyed some documents. There were assaults on the streets in which some people were killed. The real culprit, whom the mob wanted to lynch, had long since been taken to another prison in Columbus . It was only when it was almost too late and at the urging of his military advisers that Hoadly installed the National Guard. When there was a strike by the coal miners a little later, Hoadly reacted more quickly by deploying the troops.

Also in 1884 there was a political scandal in Ohio over the occupation of the post of US Senator . That affected the governor less than his party. The allegation was that many votes in the election of Senator Henry B. Payne had been bought by the Standard Oil Company . Despite this quarrel, Hoadly toyed with the idea of running for president. The Democratic Party finally decided on Grover Cleveland . In Ohio, too, Hoadly had lost influence and power. In the gubernatorial elections of 1885 he lost to Foraker.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Hoadly retired from politics and returned to work as a lawyer. In 1887, he moved to New York, where he founded another law firm. George Hoadly died of acute bronchitis in New York in the summer of 1902. He was married to Mary Burnett Perry, with whom he had three children.

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SURNAME	Hoadly, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Haven , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	August 26, 1902
Place of death	New York City