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  Gilligan, John J.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
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NameJohn J. Gilligan
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Cincinnati, Ohio , United States
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Born March 22, 1921
DiedAugust 26, 2013 (92 years)
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InfoGILLIGAN, John Joyce (father of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius), a Governor and Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 22, 1921; graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1939, the University of Notre Dame in 1943, and the University of Cincinnati in 1947; served as a lieutenant (jg.) in the United States Naval Reserve as a destroyer gunnery officer in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean Theaters, 1942-1945; awarded the Silver Star for gallantry at Okinawa; instructor in literature at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1948-1953; member of the city council of Cincinnati, 1953-1963; candidate for Ohio Congressman-at-Large in 1962; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for United States Senate, 1968; Governor of Ohio, 1971-1975; administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1977-1979; director, Institute for Public Policy, 1979-1986, and Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1986-1992; director, civic issues forum, University of Cincinnati School of Law

Member of the Cincinnati, Ohio, Board of Education; is a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Currently, a member

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Aug 27, 2013 05:45am News John J. Gilligan | 1921-2013: Governor was a hero to ‘left out’  Article Stephen Yellin 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 6.60000 Average

FAMILY
Daughter Kathleen Sebelius 1948-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/04/2003 Cincinnati School Board Won 23.25% (+2.43%)
  11/02/1999 Cincinnati School Board Won 25.29% (+5.98%)
  11/05/1974 OH Governor Lost 48.25% (-0.37%)
  05/07/1974 OH Governor - D Primary Won 70.58% (+41.18%)
  11/03/1970 OH Governor Won 54.19% (+10.77%)
  05/05/1970 OH Governor - D Primary Won 59.69% (+36.13%)
  11/05/1968 OH US Senate Lost 48.47% (-3.07%)
  05/07/1968 OH US Senate - D Primary Won 55.40% (+10.80%)
  11/08/1966 OH District 1 Lost 47.07% (-5.86%)
  11/03/1964 OH District 1 Won 51.88% (+3.77%)
  05/08/1962 OH At-Large - D Primary Lost 21.10% (-0.54%)
ENDORSEMENTS
OH District 2 - D Primary - Mar 04, 2008 D Vic Wulsin
OH US President - D Primary - Mar 04, 2008 D Barack Obama
OH US President - D Primary - May 02, 1972 D Edmund S. Muskie
US President - D Primaries - Jun 06, 1972 D Edmund S. Muskie