William M. McCulloch
| William Moore McCulloch | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district |
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In office November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Franklin Jones |
| Succeeded by | Tennyson Guyer |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
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In office 1933–1944 |
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November 24, 1901 Holmesville, Ohio |
| Died | February 22, 1980 (aged 78) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mabel Harris (m. 1927) |
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College of Wooster Ohio State University |
William Moore McCulloch (November 24, 1901 – February 22, 1980) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.
McCulloch was born near Holmesville, Ohio. He attended the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. He graduated from the college of law of Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, in 1925. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Piqua, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1933 to 1944, serving as minority leader from 1936 to 1939 and as speaker from 1939 to 1944. He served in the United States Army from December 26, 1943, to October 12, 1945.
McCulloch was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, on November 4, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Franklin Jones. He was re-elected to twelve consecutive Congresses.
As the ranking member of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, William McCulloch took a leading role in the civil rights movement. He introduced civil rights legislation months before Kennedy presented his act to congress. This was politically imprudent, considered by some to be even political suicide. Representative McCulloch had only a few of African-American constituents and so few votes to gain from introducing or supporting civil rights legislation. McCulloch's influence with the Civil Rights Act led President John F. Kennedy to declare, "Without him it can't be done." McCulloch was recognized by Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, under whom the act was passed, as "the most important and powerful political force" in passing the Act.
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