George S. Myers | |
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circa 1920
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Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
In office January 1, 1937 – May 9, 1940 |
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Preceded by | Will P. Stephenson |
Succeeded by | Edward C. Turner |
37th Ohio Secretary of State | |
In office January 9, 1933 – December 31, 1936 |
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Preceded by | Clarence J. Brown |
Succeeded by | William J. Kennedy |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rising Sun, Ohio |
April 21, 1881
Died | May 9, 1940 Columbus, Ohio |
(aged 59)
Resting place | Trinity Cemetery, Rising Sun |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Louise Birch |
Children | two |
Alma mater |
College of Wooster Western Reserve University School of Law |
George S. Myers (April 21, 1881 – May 9, 1940) was a Democratic lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States, who served in all three branches of the Ohio state government. He served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, two terms as Ohio Secretary of State, and finished his life as a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court.
George S. Myers was born in 1881 in Rising Sun, Sandusky County, Ohio to Albert and Hanna Neucome Myers. He was educated in public schools, and began teaching at age 16. He taught for six years, and entered the College of Wooster in 1903. He began legal studies at Western Reserve Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law in 1907, graduated in 1910, and was admitted to the bar in Ohio that year.
From 1910 to 1932, Myers practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio. For three years, he was dance-hall inspector in Cleveland. In 1916 and 1918 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from Cuyahoga County. After leaving the House in 1921, he returned to private practice in Cleveland. Myers failed in a bid for Ohio's 20th congressional district in 1922. He also lost election in 1928 for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. In 1930, he entered the Democratic primary for the United States Senate, but again lost. November, 1932 he was elected to Ohio Secretary of State, seated January 9, 1933, and was re-elected in 1934.