John G. Price

John G. Price

John G. Price (born August 10, 1871 in Stark County , Ohio , † November 23, 1930 in Columbus , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party . He was Attorney General of Ohio from 1919 to 1923 .

Career

John G. Price graduated from Canton, Ohio High School . At a young age he worked as a postman. One of his regular customers was William McKinley , who later became Governor of Ohio and President . McKinley arranged for Price to move to the Washington, DC Postal Service , where Price attended night school at Georgetown University , where he received a law degree. Price then moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he began practicing law after receiving his license to practice law. He then served as Special Adviser to the Prosecuting Attorney of Franklin County and to the Office of Attorney General of Ohio Edward C. Turner . He was elected Attorney General of Ohio in 1918 and re-elected in 1920.

Price married Salome C. Royer in 1904. The couple had three children: John G. Price Jr., Salome Kathleen Price Reinhard, and Richard Royer Price. He was Exalted Ruler at Columbus Lodge No. 37 ( Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ) and was elected Grand Exalted Ruler at the annual Boston Conventions between 1924 and 1925 . He was also a Grand Knight of the Columbus Knights .

Price died on November 23, 1930 of complications from an intracerebral haemorrhage . He suffered from an illness for a long time.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} W.E. Halley and John P. Maynard: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1920, p. 52
2. ^ ^{A b} Charles Burleigh Galbreath : History of Ohio, Volume 4, The American Historical Society, 1925, ISBN 978-0-7812-5367-3 , p. 56
3. ^ Former Attorney General of Ohio Suc'umbs Sunday, Zanesville Signal, Nov. 24, 1930