Hugh L. Nichols

Hugh Llewellyn Nichols (born March 25, 1865 in New Richmond , Clermont County , Ohio , † December 29, 1942 in Cincinnati , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1911 and 1913 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Ohio.

Career

Hugh Nichols attended public schools in his homeland and in Batavia . He then studied at Ohio Wesleyan University . After a subsequent law degree at the Cincinnati Law School and his admission to the bar in 1886, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1898 and 1899 he was a member of the Ohio Senate ; in 1912 and 1940 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions , at which Woodrow Wilson and later Franklin D. Roosevelt were nominated as presidential candidates.

After the resignation of Lieutenant Governor Atlee Pomeree , who moved to the US Senate , Nichols was appointed by Governor Judson Harmon as his successor in the second highest office of the state. He held this position between March 3, 1911 and January 13, 1913. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. From 1913 to 1920, Nichols served as chief justice presiding judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio . He then founded the Cincinnati-based law firm Nichols, Wood, Marx and Ginter , serving as their senior partner until his death. In 1922 he was also chairman of the Grant Memorial Centenary Association , which organized the celebrations for the 100th birthday of President Ulysses S. Grant . He died in Cincinnati on December 29, 1942.

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SURNAME	Nichols, Hugh L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nichols, Hugh Llewellyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Richmond , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	December 29, 1942
Place of death	Cincinnati , Ohio