Myron Timothy Herrick (October 9, 1854March 31, 1929) was an American banker, diplomat and

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politician from

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. He served as the 42nd governor of Ohio and

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on two occasions.

Biography

Herrick was born in Huntington,

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, Ohio, the son of Mary (Hulburt) Herrick and Timothy Robinson Herrick a local farmer. He studied at Oberlin College and Ohio Wesleyan University, but graduated from neither. He married Caroline Marina Parmely of

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on June 30, 1880. They had one son, Parmely Webb Herrick (1881–1937).

Career

Admitted to practice law in Cleveland in 1878, Herrick joined the bank Society for Savings as secretary and treasurer in 1886, and became the bank's president in 1894. From 1885 to 1888, Herrick was a member of the Cleveland City Council. In 1886, in Cleveland, he helped to finance the founding of The National Carbon Company, along with W. H. Lawrence, James Parmelee, and James Webb Cook Hayes, son of U.S. President

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.Eveready Battery Company Records Collection at Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
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, and Eveready, would come to figure prominently in the history of the consumer

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and the flashlight. Herrick was a

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in 1892 for

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/ Reid. In 1902, Herrick gave the village of

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, Ohio, a grant of $20,000, which they used to build the library now known as the Herrick Memorial Library. Herrick later bequeathed $70,000 for an addition. Herrick served as the Governor of Ohio from 1904 to 1906; (future

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)

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served as his Lieutenant Governor. He had been a protégé of political boss

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, but in 1906 was defeated by the efforts of

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and the

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after he refused to support their plan for prohibition of alcohol in Ohio. He subsequently served as

from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1921 to 1929. He is the only American ambassador to France with a street named after him in Paris, in the 8th arrondissement. Herrick was the ambassador who hosted

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in Paris after his successful New York to Paris Atlantic crossing in 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the

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in 1916 against

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Death

Herrick was serving as United States Ambassador to France at the time of his death on March 31, 1929. He died from a

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. He was interred at

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in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Ambassador Herrick
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; May 1927
Myron T. Herrick Residence
formerly in

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, Ohio, was demolished in 1969. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrick, Myron T. 1854 births 1929 deaths Republican Party governors of Ohio Ambassadors of the United States to France Burials at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Ohio University trustees 1892 United States presidential electors Oberlin College alumni Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Cleveland City Council members Trust Company of America people 20th-century American diplomats 20th-century American politicians

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