Background
Winant, John Gilbert was born on February 23, 1889 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Frederick and Jeanette L. (Gilbert) Winant.
Winant, John Gilbert was born on February 23, 1889 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Frederick and Jeanette L. (Gilbert) Winant.
Preparatory education, Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.) Master of Arts, Princeton, 1925, Dartmouth, 1925. Doctor of Laws, University of New Hampshire (U.S.), 1926.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, sessions 1917, 23, Senate, 1921. Governor of New Hampshire (U.S.), 1925-1926, 1931-1934. Chairman Textile Inquiry Board, 1934.
Assistant director International Labor Office, Geneva, 1935 and 1937-1939, director since 1939.
Chairman Social. Security Board, 1935-1937, appointed ambassador to Great Britain, 1941. Appointed United States representative on European Advisory Commission, 1943.
Enlisted in Paris as private American Expeditionary Force, 1917. With 1st Aeronautical Squadron.
Commander 8th Observation Squadron.
Honorary discharged as captain, April 1919.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) House of Representatives, sessions 1917, 23, Senate, 1921. Member North.E. Council, National Recreation Association (Vice-President), New Hampshire (U.S.) Tuberculosis Association, (president), National: Consumers League (president), American Association Labor Legislation (vice president). Trustee International Young Men's Christian Association College.
Clubs: Wonolancet (Concord).
Married Constance Rivington Russell, December 20, 1919. Children: Constance, John G., Rivington Russell.