Myron T. Herrick
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Republican Party (United States)
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politician from Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio.
Biography
He was born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, the son of Timothy Robinson Herrick a local farmer. He married Carolyn M. Parmely in 1880.In 1886, he helped to finance the founding of The National Carbon Company
National Carbon Company
The National Carbon Company was founded in 1886 by the former Brush Electric Company executive W. H. Lawrence, in association with Myron T. Herrick, James Parmelee, and Webb Hayes, son of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1890, National Carbon merged with Thomson-Houston,...
, along with W. H. Lawrence
W. H. Lawrence (industrialist)
Washington Herbert Lawrence was a pioneer in the manufacture of electrical and carbon products who organized and served as the first president of the National Carbon Company, one of the founding members of the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation.-Family and Early Life:Born on January 17, 1840, in...
, James Parmelee
James Parmelee
James Parmelee was a Cleveland financier who, in 1886, along with the son of U.S. President and Ohio native, Rutherford B. Hayes, helped start the National Carbon Company, which figured prominently in the history of the battery.-References:...
, and James Webb Cook Hayes (see Webb Hayes
Webb Hayes
James Webb Cook Hayes was an American businessman and soldier. He co-founded a forerunner of Union Carbide, fought in two wars, and received the Medal of Honor.-Early years and family:...
), son of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...
, in Cleveland, Ohio. This company would come to figure prominently in the history of the consumer battery
Battery (electricity)
An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...
and the flashlight
Flashlight
A flashlight is a hand-held electric-powered light source. Usually the light source is a small incandescent lightbulb or light-emitting diode...
.
Herrick was a Presidential elector in 1892 for Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
/Reid
Whitelaw Reid
Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War.-Early life:...
.
Herrick served as the Governor of Ohio from 1904 to 1906; (future United States President
President of the United States
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) Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...
served as his Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
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. He had been a protege of political boss Marc Hanna, but in 1906 was defeated by the efforts of Wayne Wheeler
Wayne Wheeler
Wayne Bidwell Wheeler was an American attorney and prohibitionist. Using deft political pressure and what might today be called a litmus test, he was able to influence many governments, and eventually the U.S. government, to prohibit alcohol.Wheeler was born in Brookfield, Ohio, to Mary Ursula...
and the Anti-Saloon League
Anti-Saloon League
The Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. It was a key component of the Progressive Era, and was strongest in the South and rural North, drawing heavy support from pietistic Protestant ministers and their...
after he refused to support their plan for prohibition of alcohol in Ohio. He subsequently served as United States Ambassador to France
United States Ambassador to France
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from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1921 to 1929, when he died from a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
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while in office. He is the only American ambassador to France with a street named after him in Paris, in the 8th arrondissement. Herrick was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate
United States Senate
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in 1916 against Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.-Early life and career:...
. He died on March 31, 1929. Myron T. Herrick was the ambassador who hosted Charles Lindbergh in Paris after his successful New York to Paris Atlantic crossing in 1927.