Background
He was born in Marseilles, Ohio.
He was born in Marseilles, Ohio.
University of Michigan. Ohio State University. University of Michigan Law School.
Moritz College of Law.
During the First World War, served in the United States Army. In 1938, he was elected to the lieutenant governorship for the first time, beginning his service in 1939. His first stint as lieutenant governor ended in 1945.
He took office again in 1947.
However, this time he served only one term, being bested by Nye in 1948. ran again for the office in 1956, defeating John Taylor. However, he was again limited to one term, being unseated in 1958 by John West. Donahey. served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1963 to 1969.
He died in 1983 in Dublin, Ohio, and is interred at Union Cemetery in Somerset, Ohio. was married to Ruby F. Thomas on August 15, 1924. They had two children.
"Past Commanders of American Legion Franklin Post 1" (Postdoctoral fellows).
4. Retrieved 2011-2008-20. – photo, was American Legion Post Commander in 1921 at Find a Grave.
From 1922 to 1926, he served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and then was elected to the Ohio State Senate, where he served from 1926 to 1930.