John David Herbert (September 8, 1930 – March 27, 2017) was an American

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

who served two terms as the 40th Ohio State Treasurer from 1963 to 1971. A Republican, he was the son of

Thomas J. Herbert Thomas John Herbert (October 28, 1894 – October 26, 1974) was an American U.S. Republican Party, Republican politician from Ohio. He was the 56th governor of Ohio. Herbert was born in Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I Herbert served in the U ...

, who was

Governor of Ohio A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

from 1947 to 1949. In 1970, Herbert won the Republican nomination for Ohio Attorney General, but lost because of his connections to the "Crofters" scandal in which Republicans were accused of steering state investments to campaign contributors. The scandal brought down nearly the entire Republican ticket in 1970 and helped to elect John J. Gilligan to a single term as governor. Herbert was born in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

. His father was

who served as

. He graduated from Culver Military Academy. He then graduated from Princeton University and received his law degree from University of Michigan Law School. He served in the United States Army during Korean conflict. Herbert worked in the office of the Ohio Attorney General as an assistant. From 1973 to 1961, Herbert served as the Ohio State Treasurer and was a Republican. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. After he left the office of the Ohio State Treasurer, Herbert was corporate counsel to the Ace Doran Hauling and Rigging Company in Cincinnati. Herbert died at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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History of Ohio Treasury
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