Thomas James Herbert was a Republican 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 was the 56th Governor of Ohio.

Herbert was born in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

. After serving in the Army Air Service

United States Army Air Service

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 during World War I

World War I

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, Herbert returned to Ohio, where he graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Case Western Reserve University Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law is the law school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It opened in 1892, making it one of the oldest law schools in the country. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association and was...

 in 1919, and practiced law. He served as State Attorney General from 1939 to 1945. In the Republican landslide year of 1946, Herbert defeated incumbent governor Frank J. Lausche

Frank J. Lausche

Frank John Lausche was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms .-Biography:His family originates from Slovenia. After serving in the U.S...

. Lausche defeated Herbert in the latter's bid for re-election two years later. Herbert served as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1957 until 1963. He suffered a stroke March 21, 1961, and decided not to run for re-election.

Herbert married Jeanette Judson of Cleveland on April 30, 1919, and they had three children. Jeanette died December 30, 1945. Herbert re-married while Governor to Mildred Helen Stevenson of Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 on January 3, 1948. They had one daughter. Mildred died in 1962. Herbert died October 26, 1974, after years of illness.

His son John D. Herbert

John D. Herbert

John David Herbert is an American lawyer who served two terms as Ohio State Treasurer from 1963 to 1971.A Republican, he was the son of Thomas J...

 was Ohio State Treasurer

Ohio State Treasurer

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 for two terms, 1963 to 1971 and an unsuccessful candidate for Ohio Attorney General

Ohio Attorney General

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in 1970.