Gilbert Bettman

Gilbert Bettman (born October 31, 1881 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † July 17, 1942 in Ohio) was an American lawyer , officer and politician ( Republican Party ). He was Attorney General of Ohio from 1929 to 1933 .

Career

Gilbert Bettman, son of Louis and Rebecca Bloom Bettman, was born in Cincinnati in 1881 and grew up there. He attended the public schools in Cincinnati. Then he studied at Harvard University , where he made a bachelor's degree in 1903 and a master 's degree in 1904 . He later enrolled at Harvard Law School . He graduated in 1907. He then returned to Cincinnati. After receiving his admission to the bar, he began practicing at Kramer & Kramer . In 1913 he became a partner in the firm. As a result, the name of the firm was renamed Kramer & Bettman .

As an attorney, he successfully negotiated a case before the Supreme Court ( Unity Banking & Savings Co. v. Bettman ). Before the United States entered World War I in 1917, Bettman left his lucrative legal practice to work as a counsel for the War Risk Bureau in Washington, DC . When the United States entered World War I, he enlisted in the US Army in Maryland and was made a captain . He was assigned to the Intelligence Office of the Army on the General Staff at the US War Department . After the war ended, Bettman was honorably discharged and returned to Cincinnati, where he returned to practice as a lawyer.

He then began teaching at the YMCA Law School of Cincinnati (now Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University ) in 1919 . He later became dean and for the next 10 years worked on increasing the educational offerings of the evening school. During this time, he was elected Deputy Mayor of Cincinnati in 1921. He resigned from the post shortly thereafter to become Ohio Department Commander of the American Legion . As part of his duties, Bettman served as legal advisor to the Legion's members. He was also involved in drafting an amended bill on remuneration that was passed by the Ohio General Assembly in 1922 , which also provided funding for World War I veterans.

After he was elected Attorney General of Ohio, he gave up his position as dean in 1929. He was re-elected in 1930. As Attorney General, he represented Ohio in 1931 before the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Supreme Court in the East Ohio Gas Co. v. Tax Commission of Ohio et al. He argued that the East Ohio Gas Company to the State of Ohio 1.6 million US dollars in excise duty owed because of their domestic sales of natural gas.

Bettman ran for a seat in the US Senate in Ohio in 1932 , but lost the election to Democrat Robert J. Bulkley . In January 1933, his tenure as Attorney General ended. He then resumed his practice as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Bettman was elected Justice to the Supreme Court of Ohio for a six-year term in 1940. He only held the office for 18 months. In February 1942 he suffered a heart attack that resulted in heart disease; his recovery required an absence from court. He died on July 17, 1942.

Bettman was married to Iphigene Molony. The couple had three children. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery , Cincinnati.

Web link

• The Supreme Court of Ohio - Gilbert Bettman