John W. Bricker

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John W. Bricker (1944)

John William Bricker (* 6. September 1893 in Mount Sterling , Madison County , Ohio ; † 22. March 1986 in Columbus , Ohio) was an American politician of the Republican Party and from 1939 to 1945 the 54th  Governor of the State of Ohio. He also represented his state in the United States Senate .

Early years and political advancement

Bricker attended Ohio State University after elementary school . There he studied law, among other things. He was not suitable for military service, but took part in the First World War as a first lieutenant on the staff of the military chaplains.

After his admission to the bar, he was a lawyer for the village of Grandview Heights between 1921 and 1929. At the same time he was also a special advisor to the Attorney General of Ohio. In 1927 he unsuccessfully applied for the position of Minister of Justice. Between 1929 and 1932 he was a member of the Commission for the Supervision of Public Utilities ( Public Utilities Commission ). In the end, he became Minister of Justice in his state between 1933 and 1937. In 1936 he ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Martin Davey for the office of governor. Two years later he was again a Republican candidate for gubernatorial election. Due to internal party differences among the Democrats , he won the election.

Governor of ohio

John Bricker took up his new office on January 9, 1939. After two re-elections in 1940 and 1942, he was able to serve until January 8, 1945. In 1940 he again benefited from the quarrels within the Democratic Party and received many votes from its ranks to prevent the re-election of ex-governor Martin Davey. When he took office in 1939, he found a budget deficit of $ 40 million. Through clever budgetary policy and despite the influences of World War II, he turned the deficit into a surplus of $ 90 million by the end of his reign.

In the summer of 1944, Bricker ran at the Republican Congress as a presidential candidate for the upcoming election . He was the favorite of the conservative party wing. He was supported by the influential Senator Bob Taft , also from Ohio , who was considered the leader of the party conservatives and, surprisingly, had refused to run. However, Bricker then had to admit defeat to his New York governor colleague Thomas E. Dewey , who belonged to the liberal party wing. In order to reduce internal party tensions, Dewey then selected his former opponent Bricker as a vice-presidential candidate . However, since these elections were lost for the Republicans and Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president for the fourth time, Bricker was denied the success of this candidacy. During his term as governor, the United States entered the Second World War. In Ohio, too, production had to be converted to armaments. As governor, Bricker made sure Ohio met the federal government's war requirements.

Another résumé

Between 1947 and 1959, Bricker represented his state in the US Senate in Washington . There he was chairman of the trade committee. After he was not re-elected in 1958, Bricker became a lawyer. He did not appear politically until his death in 1986. He had a child with his wife, Harriet Day.

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personal data
SURNAME Bricker, John W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bricker, John William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Sterling , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1986
Place of death Columbus , Ohio