Thomas J. Herbert

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Thomas John Herbert
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circa 1921
56th Governor of Ohio
In office
January 13, 1947 – January 10, 1949
Lieutenant Paul M. Herbert
Preceded by Frank J. Lausche
Succeeded by Frank J. Lausche
34th Ohio Attorney General
In office
1939–1945
Preceded by Herbert S. Duffy
Succeeded by Hugh S. Jenkins
Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office
January, 1957 – January, 1963
Preceded by William L. Hart
Succeeded by Paul M. Herbert
Personal details
Born (1894-10-28)October 28, 1894
Cleveland, Ohio
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Columbus, Ohio
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Jeanette Judson, Mildred Helen Stevenson
Children John D. Herbert
Alma mater Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Thomas John Herbert (October 28, 1894 - October 26, 1974) was a 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.[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 on 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 three children. Jeanette died December 30, 1945. Herbert re-married while Governor to Mildred Helen Stevenson of Indianapolis on January 3, 1948. They had one daughter. Mildred died in 1962. Herbert died October 26, 1974, 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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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican Party nominee for Governor of Ohio
1946, 1948
Succeeded by
Don H. Ebright