James M. Cox

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James M. Cox (around 1920) Signature of Cox
Cox (left) campaigning with Franklin D. Roosevelt in Dayton , Ohio in August 1920

James Middleton Cox (born March 31, 1870 in Jacksonburg , Ohio , †  July 15, 1957 in Kettering , Ohio) was an American politician , candidate for the Democratic presidency in 1920 and governor of the state from 1913 to 1915 and from 1917 to 1921 Ohio.

biography

Cox was born in the small town of Jacksonburg, Butler County . In the course of his life he worked in a number of professions. He has worked as a teacher, reporter, owner and editor of various daily newspapers and as secretary to Congressman Paul J. Sorg .

From 1909 to 1913, Cox was a representative of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives . He resigned from this office when he was first elected Governor of Ohio in 1913. He held the office of governor from 1913 to 1915 for one term and then again from 1917 to 1921 for two terms. A capable and popular reformer, he was nominated by the Democrats as a candidate for the 1920 presidential election. His running mate for the office of Vice President was the future President Franklin D. Roosevelt . During the election campaign, Cox spoke out in favor of maintaining Woodrow Wilson's internationalist policy and was in favor of the United States joining the League of Nations . In a campaign speech, Cox reproached the Republicans for not appreciating the United States' entry into the First World War , which had been brought about by the Democratic President Wilson , with which the civilized world had been saved. Domestically, he stood for a course based on progressivism .

On Election Day, November 2, 1920, however, Cox was defeated by Republican candidate Warren G. Harding , a US Senator also from Ohio . Only around 34 percent of the American electorate voted in favor of Cox, while Harding supported over 60 percent. In the Electoral College , too, the result was clear at 404 to 127. Harding's call for a return to normal after the troubled years of Wilson's presidency was better received by the public than Cox's program.

Cox was the editor of the Dayton Daily News in Dayton . The conference room of the editorial staff of this newspaper is therefore still called the Governor's Library to this day. Furthermore is Dayton International Airport has been named in his honor after him.

In the 1930s and 1940s he supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's politics and was involved in his election campaigns for his former running mate. Outside of politics, Cox managed to set up the large media company Cox Enterprises . In December 1939 he acquired the Atlanta Georgian and the Atlanta Journal and a radio station in Georgia . Since he already owned radio stations in Dayton and Miami at that time , he now had radio frequencies from the Great Lakes in the north to the southern border of the United States.

Cox died on July 15, 1957 at his home in Kettering and was buried in Dayton. He had seven children. His daughters Anne Cox Chambers (died 2020) and Barbara Cox Anthony (died 2007) were major shareholders in Cox Enterprises. Together they held 98 percent of the shares in the Atlanta-based company .

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  • Cox, James M., Journey Through My Years , Simon and Schuster, 1946

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SURNAME Cox, James M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cox, James Middleton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksonburg , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1957
Place of death Kettering , Ohio