Edward Crawford Turner (March 26, 1872 – September 13, 1950) was a Republican lawyer in the U.S. state of

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who served two non consecutive terms of two years as

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, and was later a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court 1940 until his death.

Biography

Edward C. Turner was born at

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in 1872 to Robert M. and Jane Crawford Turner. He graduated from Ohio State University College of Law in 1901, was admitted to the bar that year and began a practice in Columbus. He received a masters of law degree in 1903 from Ohio State.The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - Edward C. Turner
/ref> Turner was elected Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney in 1910. Several members of the

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were accused of taking bribes in 1911. Turner and

Timothy Hogan investigated. Five legislators were indicted, and four went to prison. In 1912, he was re-elected, and in that term, he prosecuted several officeholders who collected contributions from civil service employees, a violation of the law. Turner was elected Ohio Attorney General in 1914, but lost re-election in 1916. He returned to private practice, and was elected Attorney General again in 1926. He ran in a three way Republican Party primary for Ohio Governor in 1928, but lost to eventual Governor Myers Y. Cooper. May, 1939, Governor

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appointed Turner to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to fill an unexpired term of a deceased judge, but he lost the Republican primary in 1940. Bricker appointed Turner to fill the unexpired term of

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October 1, 1940. He won election November 4, 1940 to the two remaining years of the term, and re-election in 1942 and 1948 to six year terms. Turner served until his death September 13, 1950 after suffering a stroke. He was buried in

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. Turner was married to Nan A. Jahn December 11, 1902, and they had one son. Turner was a

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