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American judge
Thomas J. Herbert
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In office
January 13, 1947 ? January 10, 1949
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Lieutenant
| Paul M. Herbert
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Preceded by
| Frank J. Lausche
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Succeeded by
| Frank J. Lausche
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In office
1939?1945
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Governor
| John W. Bricker
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Preceded by
| Herbert S. Duffy
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Succeeded by
| Hugh S. Jenkins
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In office
January, 1957 ? January 1963
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Preceded by
| William L. Hart
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Succeeded by
| Paul M. Herbert
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Born
| Thomas John Herbert
(
1894-10-28
)
October 28, 1894
Cleveland, Ohio
, U.S.
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Died
| October 26, 1974
(1974-10-26)
(aged 79)
Columbus, Ohio
, U.S.
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Political party
| Republican
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Spouse(s)
| Jeanette Judson, Mildred Helen Stevenson
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Children
| John D. Herbert
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Alma mater
| Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Thomas John Herbert
(October 28, 1894 ? October 26, 1974) was an American
Republican
politician from
Ohio
. He was the 56th
governor of Ohio
.
Herbert was born in
Cleveland
,
Ohio
. During
World War I
Herbert served in the
Army Air Service
. While flying with
No. 56 Squadron RAF
in France, he was wounded in action 8 August 1918. He was awarded the British
Distinguished Flying Cross
& American
Distinguished Service Cross
.
[1]
After the war, Herbert returned to Ohio, where he graduated from
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
in 1919,
[2]
and practiced law. He served as State Attorney General from 1939 to 1945. In the Republican landslide year of 1946, Herbert defeated incumbent governor
Frank J. Lausche
. Lausche defeated Herbert in the latter's bid for re-election two years later. Herbert served as a justice of the
Ohio Supreme Court
from 1957 until 1963. He suffered a stroke March 21, 1961, and decided not to run for re-election.
[2]
Herbert married Jeanette Judson of Cleveland on April 30, 1919, and they had four children. Jeanette died December 30, 1945. Herbert remarried, while Governor, Mildred Helen Stevenson of
Indianapolis
on January 3, 1948. They had one daughter. Mildred died in 1962. Herbert died October 26, 1974, at age 79, after years of illness.
[2]
His son
John D. Herbert
was
Ohio State Treasurer
for two terms, 1963 to 1971 and an unsuccessful candidate for
Ohio Attorney General
in 1970.
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