James A. Rhodes
| Jim Rhodes | |
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Governor James A. Rhodes in 1981
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| 61st and 63rd Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 13, 1975 – January 10, 1983 |
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| Lieutenant |
Richard F. Celeste (1975–1979) George Voinovich (1979) |
| Preceded by | John J. Gilligan |
| Succeeded by | Richard F. Celeste |
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In office January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971 |
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| Lieutenant | John W. Brown |
| Preceded by | Michael DiSalle |
| Succeeded by | John J. Gilligan |
| 21st Ohio State Auditor | |
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In office 1953–1963 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph T. Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Roger W. Tracy, Jr. |
| 44th Mayor of Columbus, Ohio | |
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In office 1944–1952 |
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| Preceded by | Floyd F. Green |
| Succeeded by | Robert T. Oestreicher |
| Personal details | |
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James Allen Rhodes September 13, 1909 Coalton, Ohio |
| Died |
March 4, 2001 (aged 91) Columbus, Ohio |
| Resting place |
Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Rawlins |
| Education | Springfield High School |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
James Allen "Jim" Rhodes (September 13, 1909 – March 4, 2001) was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and as of 2006[update] one of only six US state governors to serve 4 four-year terms in office. (The other five were Edwin Edwards, George Wallace, Jim Hunt, Bill Janklow, and Terry Branstad.) Rhodes is tied for the fourth longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,840 days.
As governor in 1970, Rhodes sent National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus at the request of Kent, Ohio's mayor, after Kent State students burned the ROTC building down on May 2. On May 4, four students were killed and nine others were wounded by the Guard. One victim, Dean Kahler, suffered permanent paralysis.
Rhodes was born in Coalton, Jackson County, Ohio, to James and Susan Howe Rhodes, who were of Welsh descent. Rhodes has commented that the reason he and his family were Republicans was because of the respect his father, a mine superintendent, had for John L. Lewis, a prominent Republican union activist. When Rhodes was nine his father died and the family moved to north Springfield where Rhodes graduated from Springfield High School where he played on the football team. Subsequently, the family moved again, this time to Columbus, because Rhodes earned a modest basketball scholarship to The Ohio State University. Although Rhodes dropped out after his first quarter he is often described as a "student" or "alumnus" of Ohio State. After dropping out of college, Rhodes opened a business called Jim's Place across from the university on North High Street. Jim's Place has been described as a place where one could buy anything, from doughnuts and hamburgers, to stag films, or place bets on numbers games.
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