Herbert S. Duffy

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Herbert Smith Duffy (born February 25, 1900 in New Lexington , Ohio , † February 29, 1956 in Columbus , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Attorney General of Ohio from 1937 to 1939 and from 1949 to 1951 .

Career

Herbert Smith Duffy, son of Mary Fox Smith and Marcu Leo Duffy, was born in Perry County in 1900 and grew up there. He attended public schools in New Lexington and Columbus, Ohio. Then he attended Holy Cross College. In 1920 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and in 1924 with a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard University . After graduating from the bar in 1924, he began practicing with White, Cannon & Spieth's law firm in Cleveland . Early in his career, he led a case against the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. The case was brought before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, theThe Supreme Court of Ohio and the Supreme Court of the United States negotiated and only came to a conclusion after 14 years. As a result, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company had to repay $ 7,500,000 to its customers. In the latter half of his career, he successfully resolved litigation over the Massachusetts ballot, Ohio Turnpike Commission, and Ohio Unemployment Benefit. In addition to his main work as a lawyer, Duffy was also a lecturer at the Cleveland Law School of Baldwin Wallace University in 1927 .

During the First World War he was a student officer in the Air Corps of the United States Navy Reserve . He joined the US Navy and then served as Chief Quartermaster in the Aviation Division . First he was stationed at the Ground School of the University of Washington and later at the Naval Air Base in Miami ( Florida ). After the war he was a prominent member of the American Legion . He represented them in 1935 as National Commander at the Inter-Allied War Veteran's Congress in Brussels ( Belgium ).

Duffy won the election of Ohio Attorney General in 1936 and 1948, but lost the 1942 and 1950 elections. He suffered a defeat in the Democratic primary elections for Ohio governor in 1940 and in 1954 for Ohio lieutenant governor . In the elections of 1944 and 1946 each for a judge post at the Supreme Court of Ohio, he also suffered defeats.

He died in 1956 after a brief illness at his home in Columbus and was then buried in the city cemetery in New Lexington.

Works

  • 1930: William Howard Taft
  • 1936: The Treasure Chest

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b History - Past Ohio Attorneys General 1929-1949
  2. ↑ The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 31, 1956, p. 10  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newspapers.com
  3. ^ Herbert S. Duffy in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. ^ Duffy, Herbert Smith: William Howard Taft , Minton, Balch, 1930
personal data
SURNAME Duffy, Herbert S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duffy, Herbert Smith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH New Lexington , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1956
Place of death Columbus , Ohio