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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1372
John W. Bricker
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1372

John W. Bricker

United States, 1893 - 1986
Ohio Assistant Attorney General (1923-1927)
Ohio Attorney General (1933-1937)
Governor of Ohio (1939-1941)
Governor of Ohio (1941-1943)
Governor of Ohio (1943-1945)
Vice-Presidential Republican Nominee (1944)
U.S Senator from Ohio (1946-1952)
U.S Senator from Ohio (1952-1959)

From 1933 to 1939, John W. Bricker was Attorney General of Ohio, and from 1940 to 1945, he held office as Governor of Ohio. In the 1944 presidential election, Bricker campaigned as Thomas E. Dewey's running mate but was defeated by Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt and his vice-president Harry S. Truman. Bricker went on to be elected to the United States Senate, where he served from 1947 to 1959.
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