As promised with today’s AICUO Graph of the Week, here is
the list of governors of Ohio, beginning with William McKinley, and the colleges
they attended, if any.
|
Governor
|
Term(s)
|
College Attended
|
Sector
|
|
McKinley
|
1892-1896
|
Allegheny (Pa.)
|
Independent
|
|
Bushnell
|
1896-1900
|
none
|
|
|
Nash
|
1900-1904
|
Oberlin
|
Independent
|
|
Herrick
|
1904-1906
|
Oberlin
|
Independent
|
|
Pattison
|
1906
|
Ohio Wesleyan
|
Independent
|
|
Harris
|
1906-1909
|
Miami Univ.
|
Public
|
|
Harmon
|
1909-1913
|
Denison
|
Independent
|
|
Cox
|
1913-1915, 1917-1921
|
none
|
|
|
Willis
|
1915-1917
|
Ohio Northern
|
Independent
|
|
Davis
|
1921-1923
|
none
|
|
|
Donahey
|
1923-1929
|
none
|
|
|
Cooper
|
1929-1931
|
National Normal (Ohio)
|
Independent
|
|
White
|
1931-1935
|
Princeton
|
Independent
|
|
Davey
|
1935-1939
|
Oberlin
|
Independent
|
|
Bricker
|
1939-1945
|
Ohio State
|
Public
|
|
Lausche
|
1945-1947, 1949-1957
|
Marshall Law (Ohio)
|
Independent
|
|
Herbert
|
1947-1949
|
Case Western Reserve
|
Independent
|
|
Brown
|
1957
|
none
|
|
|
O'Neill
|
1957-1959
|
Marietta
|
Independent
|
|
DiSalle
|
1959-1963
|
Georgetown
|
Independent
|
|
Rhodes
|
1963-1971, 1975-1983
|
Ohio State
|
Public
|
|
Gilligan
|
1971-1975
|
Notre Dame (Ind.)
|
Independent
|
|
Celeste
|
1983-1991
|
Yale
|
Independent
|
|
Voinovich
|
1991-1998
|
Ohio Univ.
|
Public
|
|
Hollister
|
1998-1999
|
Kent State
|
Public
|
|
Taft
|
1999-2007
|
Yale
|
Independent
|
|
Strickland
|
2007-2011
|
Asbury (Ky.)
|
Independent
|
|
Kasich
|
2011-
|
Ohio State
|
Public
|
A couple of notes on the list:
It wasn’t that long ago that a bachelor’s degree was
not required for admission to law school, and that the first degree in law was
not considered advanced but just another bachelor’s degree. Such was the case
for Governor Frank Lausche, whose first degree earned was an LL.B. at what at
the time was the independent nonprofit John Marshall Law School in Cleveland,
which became part of Cleveland State University in 1969; and also for Governor
Thomas Herbert, who attended only Case Western Reserve Law School.
National Normal University, which Governor Myers
Cooper attended, was a teacher’s college located in Lebanon; it closed in 1917.
Happy Fourth of July!
—rpb
