Myron T. Herrick
| Myron T. Herrick | |
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| 42nd Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 11, 1904 – January 8, 1906 |
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| Lieutenant | Warren G. Harding |
| Preceded by | George K. Nash |
| Succeeded by | John M. Pattison |
| U.S. Ambassador to France | |
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In office 1912–1914 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Bacon |
| Succeeded by | William Graves Sharp |
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In office 1921–1929 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Campbell Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Walter Evans Edge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Myron Timothy Herrick October 9, 1854 Lorain County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 1929 (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Lake View Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn M. Parmely |
| Children | one |
| Alma mater |
Oberlin College Ohio Wesleyan University |
Myron Timothy Herrick (October 9, 1854 – March 31, 1929) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio.
Herrick was born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, the son of Timothy Robinson Herrick a local farmer. He studied at Oberlin College and Ohio Wesleyan University, but graduated from neither. He married Carolyn M. Parmely of Dayton, Ohio on June 30, 1880. They had one son, Parmely Webb Herrick.
From 1885 to 1888, Herrick was a member of the Cleveland City Council. In 1886, he helped to finance the founding of The National Carbon Company, along with W. H. Lawrence, James Parmelee, and James Webb Cook Hayes (see Webb Hayes), son of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, in Cleveland, Ohio. This company would come to figure prominently in the history of the consumer battery and the flashlight.
Herrick was a Presidential elector in 1892 for Harrison/Reid.
Herrick served as the Governor of Ohio from 1904 to 1906; (future United States President) Warren G. Harding served as his Lieutenant Governor. He had been a protégé of political boss Mark Hanna, but in 1906 was defeated by the efforts of Wayne Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League after he refused to support their plan for prohibition of alcohol in Ohio.
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