John J. Gilligan
| John J. Gilligan | |
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| 62nd Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 11, 1971 – January 13, 1975 |
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| Lieutenant | John Brown |
| Preceded by | Jim Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | Jim Rhodes |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Carl Rich |
| Succeeded by | Robert Taft, Jr. |
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| Born |
John Joyce Gilligan March 22, 1921 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 2013 (aged 92) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Kathryn Dixon (1945–1996; her death) Dr. Susan Fremont (2000–2013; his death) |
| Relations | K. Gary Sebelius (son-in-law) |
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Kathleen 3 others |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame University of Cincinnati |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
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John Joyce "Jack" Gilligan (March 22, 1921 – August 26, 2013) was an American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and as the 62nd Governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. He was the father of Kathleen Sebelius, who later served as Governor of Kansas and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Gilligan and Sebelius are the only father and daughter ever to have both been elected state governors.
Gilligan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Blanche and Harry Gilligan, a funeral home operator. His twin sister was Jeanne Joyce Gilligan. His family was Irish Catholic. Gilligan graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1939, the University of Notre Dame in 1943 and the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1947, serving in between in the United States Navy during World War II in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean as a destroyer gunnery officer. He was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action at Okinawa.
After the war, Gilligan returned to Cincinnati to teach literature at Xavier University from 1948 to 1953. He also served as member of the Cincinnati city council from 1953 to 1963, and was a candidate for Ohio Congressman-at-Large in 1962. In 1964 he was elected to the Eighty-ninth Congress as a representative for Ohio's 1st district, serving from January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967. Gilligan narrowly lost his re-election bid to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966 to Republican Robert Taft Jr. after the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly redrew his district to favor the Republican Party. In 1968, Gilligan defeated sitting U.S. Senator Frank J. Lausche in the Democratic primary; however, he narrowly lost in the general election to Republican William B. Saxbe after Lausche refused to support him in the general election.
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