Myron T. Herrick
| Myron T. Herrick | |
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| 42nd Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 11, 1904 – January 8, 1906 | |
| Lieutenant | Warren G. Harding |
| Preceded by | George K. Nash |
| Succeeded by | John M. Pattison |
| U.S. Ambassador to France | |
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In office 1912–1914 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Bacon |
| Succeeded by | William Graves Sharp |
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In office 1921–1929 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Campbell Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Walter Evans Edge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Myron Timothy Herrick October 9, 1854 Lorain County, Ohio |
| Died |
March 31, 1929 (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Lake View Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn M. Parmely |
| Children | one |
| Alma mater |
Oberlin College Ohio Wesleyan University |
Myron Timothy Herrick (October 9, 1854 – March 31, 1929) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio.
Biography
Herrick was born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, the son of Timothy Robinson Herrick a local farmer. He studied at Oberlin College and Ohio Wesleyan University, but graduated from neither.[1][2] He married Carolyn M. Parmely of Dayton, Ohio on June 30, 1880. They had one son, Parmely Webb Herrick.[2]
Career
From 1885 to 1888, Herrick was a member of the Cleveland City Council.[1][2] In 1886, he helped to finance the founding of The National Carbon Company, along with W. H. Lawrence, James Parmelee, and James Webb Cook Hayes (see Webb Hayes), son of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, in Cleveland, Ohio.[3] This company would come to figure prominently in the history of the consumer battery and the flashlight.
Herrick was a Presidential elector in 1892 for Harrison/Reid.[4]
Herrick served as the Governor of Ohio from 1904 to 1906; (future United States President) Warren G. Harding served as his Lieutenant Governor. He had been a protégé of political boss Mark Hanna, but in 1906 was defeated by the efforts of Wayne Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League after he refused to support their plan for prohibition of alcohol in Ohio.
He subsequently served as United States Ambassador to France from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1921 to 1929. He is the only American ambassador to France with a street named after him in Paris, in the 8th arrondissement. Herrick was the ambassador who hosted Charles Lindbergh in Paris after his successful New York to Paris Atlantic crossing in 1927.[5] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1916 against Atlee Pomerene.
Death
Herrick was serving as United States Ambassador to France at the time of his death on March 31, 1929. He died from a heart attack. He is interred at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.[6]
References
- 1 2 Wright, G. Fredrick, ed. (1916). A standard history of Lorain county, Ohio: an authentic narrative ... 1. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. p. 245.
- 1 2 3 Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner, ed. History of the Western Reserve 3. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1340–1341.
- ↑ Eveready Battery Company Records Collection at Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
- ↑ Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 136
- ↑ "Ohio Governor Myron Timothy Herrick". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Myron T. Herrick". Find A Grave. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
Further reading
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 2. State of Ohio. p. 136.
- Myron Herrick, Friend of France: An Autobiography by Col. T Bentley Mott
External links
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Myron T. Herrick at Find a Grave
- National Governors Association
- Ambassador Herrick, right, with Charles Lindbergh and Louis Bleriot; May 1927
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| Preceded by George K. Nash |
Republican Party nominee for Governor of Ohio 1903, 1905 |
Succeeded by Andrew L. Harris |
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