Paul M. Herbert

Paul Morgan Herbert (born December 2, 1889 in McComb , Hancock County , Ohio , †  July 5, 1983 in Dublin , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1939 and 1945, from 1947 to 1949 and again between 1957 and 1959 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Ohio.

Career

Paul Herbert attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He also studied at the Ohio State University belonging Moritz College of Law Jura. It is not known whether he worked as a lawyer afterwards. During the First World War he was a captain in the United States Army . Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1922 and 1926 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; from 1926 to 1930 he was a member of the State Senate .

In 1938 Herbert was elected Lieutenant Governor of Ohio alongside John W. Bricker . He held this office between 1939 and 1945. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. Herbert held this post again between 1947 and 1949 under Governor Thomas J. Herbert . A relationship between the two politicians is not mentioned in the sources. From 1957 to 1959 Paul Herbert was vice governor of his state for the last time. He served under Governor C. William O'Neill . In 1952 he was a substitute delegate to the Republican National Convention , where General Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated as a presidential candidate. Herbert was also a judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio for some time . He died in Dublin on July 5, 1983.

Web links

• Paul M. Herbert in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard