Thomas J. Herbert

Thomas John Herbert
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
Governor	John W. Bricker
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
Died	October 26, 1974(1974-10-26) (aged 79) 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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Legal offices
Preceded by Herbert S. Duffy	Ohio Attorney General 1939–1945	Succeeded by Hugh S. Jenkins
Political offices
Preceded by Frank J. Lausche	Governor of Ohio 1947–1949	Succeeded by Frank J. Lausche
Party political offices
Preceded by James Garfield Stewart	Republican Party nominee for Governor of Ohio 1946, 1948	Succeeded by Don H. Ebright

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Ohio Governors Tiffin Kirker Huntington Meigs Looker Worthington E. Brown Trimble Morrow Trimble McArthur Lucas Vance Shannon Corwin Shannon T. Bartley M. Bartley Bebb Ford Wood Medill Chase Dennison Tod Brough Anderson J. D. Cox Hayes Noyes Allen Hayes Young Bishop Foster Hoadly Foraker Campbell McKinley Bushnell Nash Herrick Pattison Harris Harmon J. M. Cox Willis J. M. Cox Davis Donahey Cooper White Davey Bricker Lausche Herbert Lausche J. Brown O'Neill DiSalle Rhodes Gilligan Rhodes Celeste Voinovich Hollister Taft Strickland Kasich Lieutenant Governors Medill Myers Ford Welker Kirk Stanton Anderson McBurney Lee Mueller Hart Young Curtiss Fitch Hickenlooper Richards Warwick Kennedy Conrad Lyon Lampson Marquis Harris Jones Caldwell Nippert Gordon Harding Harris Treadway Pomerene Nichols Greenlund Arnold Bloom C. Brown Bloom Lewis Bloom Pickrel Braden J. T. Brown Pickrel Sawyer Mosier Yoder Herbert Nye Herbert Nye J. W. Brown Herbert Donahey J. W. Brown Celeste Voinovich Shoemaker Leonard DeWine Hollister O'Connor Bradley Johnson Fisher Taylor

Ohio Attorneys General Stanbery McCormick Pugh McCook Kimball Wolcott Murray Critchfield Richardson Olds West Pond Little Pillars Nash Hollingsworth Lawrence Kohler Watson Richards Monnette Sheets Ellis Denman Hogan Turner McGhee Price Crabbe Turner Bettman Bricker Duffy Herbert Jenkins Duffy O'Neill Saxbe McElroy Saxbe Brown, P. Brown, W. Celebrezze Fisher Montgomery Petro Dann Rogers Cordray DeWine