John Gilbert Winant

John Gilbert Winant

John Gilbert Winant (born February 23, 1889 in New York City , † November 3, 1947 in Concord , New Hampshire ) was an American politician and governor of the state of New Hampshire from 1925 to 1927 and between 1931 and 1935 .

Early years and political advancement

John Winant attended St. Paul's School in Concord and then Princeton University . After that he worked as a teacher. During the First World War he took part in the fighting in Europe as a pilot with the rank of captain. After the war he continued his work as a teacher. John Winant was a member of the Republican Party . In 1916 he had been elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives , where he returned again in 1922. Between 1921 and 1922 he was a member of the State Senate .

New Hampshire Governor

In 1924, John Winant was elected as the new governor of his state. He began his first two-year term on January 1, 1925. This term of office coincided with the great economic boom of those years. As a result, New Hampshire's economy also flourished. Politically, his first term of office went without any special events. In 1926 he was not re-elected. Therefore he left office on January 6, 1927.

In 1930 he managed to return to the highest office in his state. After re-election in 1932, he could remain in office until January 3, 1935. This made him the first governor of his state to serve a total of three terms. The four years between 1931 and 1935 were overshadowed by the consequences of the global economic crisis. During this time, the state's banking committee was reformed and the road network was expanded, also as a job creation measure. Law should protect mothers and their children from the worst of the economic crisis. Another law allowed loans to be taken out to pay the salaries of state and local government employees. Otherwise, the governor worked closely with the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . New Hampshire also ultimately benefited from its New Deal policy.

Another résumé

After his tenure ended, Winant became Deputy Director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva . He held this post in 1935 and from 1937 to 1939. Subsequently, he was until February 1941 general director of the ILO and chairman of the new social security committee ( Social Security Board ). Between 1941 and 1946 he represented the United States as Ambassador to Great Britain . During the Second World War he prepared a political meeting in Moscow in 1943 , which led to the Tehran Conference .

In 1946 he represented his country on the United Nations Economic Council . Then Winant published the first volume of his memoir. On November 3, 1947, he took his own life. He had three children with his wife, Constance Rivington Russel.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ILO, in: rulers.org

Web links

• John Winant at the National Governors Association (English)
• Biography of New Hampshire (English)
• John Gilbert Winant in the database of Find a Grave (English)