John Cranley
| John Cranley | |
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| 69th Mayor of Cincinnati | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Mallory |
| Member of the Cincinnati City Council | |
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In office 2000–2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Joseph Cranley February 28, 1974 Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Dena; 1 child |
| Website | http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor |
John Joseph Cranley (born February 28, 1974) is the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Cincinnati city council and a partner of City Lights Development. Cranley is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School and co-founder of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Before his election as mayor, he was an attorney with the law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp. He is running for reelection in the Cincinnati mayoral election, 2017.
Cranley was born in Green Township to John Joseph "Jay" Cranley (born 1946) and his wife, Susan (born 1947). His father is a life estate planner and Vietnam veteran who served in the United States Army, and his mother a former teacher and librarian. Cranley was raised in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. He attended St. William's Primary School and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1992. He graduated from John Carroll University magna cum laude in Philosophy and Political Science and served twice as student body president. He earned his JD (juris doctorate) from Harvard Law School and a Master of Theological Studies from the Harvard Divinity School. He taught two undergraduate legal and philosophy courses at Harvard College while attending graduate school. During his second and third years at Harvard Law School, he worked as a student attorney for people who could not afford legal counsel. In his third year of law school, he was elected First Class Marshal and delivered the Harvard Law School graduation speech on behalf of his class.
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