John J. Gilligan

John Joyce Gilligan
September 12, 1973, Fremont, Ohio
62nd Governor of Ohio
In office January 11, 1971 – January 13, 1975
Lieutenant	John W. Brown
Preceded by	Jim Rhodes
Succeeded by	Jim Rhodes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	Carl West Rich
Succeeded by	Robert A. Taft, Jr.
Cincinnati City Council
In office 1953–1963
Cincinnati Board of Education
In office 1999–2007
Personal details
Born	March 22, 1921 (1921-03-22) (age 90) Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Kathryn Dixon
Children	Kathleen Sebelius, 3 others
Religion	Roman Catholic

John Joyce ("Jack") Gilligan (born March 22, 1921) is a American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and the 62nd Governor of Ohio.^[1] He is the father of Kathleen Sebelius. Gilligan and Sebelius are the only father and daughter ever have been elected state governors.^[1]

Early life

Gilligan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Harry and Blanche Gilligan. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1939,^[2] the University of Notre Dame in 1943 and the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1947, serving in between in the United States Navy during World War II in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean as a destroyer gunnery officer. He was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action at Okinawa.

Career

After the war, Gilligan returned to Cincinnati to teach literature at Xavier University from 1948 to 1953. He also served as member of the Cincinnati city council from 1953 to 1963, and was a candidate for Ohio Congressman-at-Large in 1962. In 1964 he was elected to the Eighty-ninth Congress as a representative for Ohio's 1st district, serving from January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967. Gilligan narrowly lost his re-election bid to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966 to Republican Robert Taft Jr. after the Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly redrew his district to favor the Republican Party.^[1] In 1968, Gilligan defeated sitting U.S. Senator Frank J. Lausche in the Democratic primary; however, he narrowly lost in the general election to Republican William B. Saxbe after Lausche refused to support him in the general election.

Gilligan won the election for the Governorship of Ohio in 1970, defeating Republican state Auditor Roger Cloud, and serving from 1971 to 1975. Gilligan lost the office to former Republican governor James A. Rhodes (who had been barred from running in 1970 due to term limits) by only 11,488 votes out of 3,072,010 cast.^[3]

He subsequently served as the administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1977 to 1979. He served as director of the Institute for Public Policy from 1979 to 1986, and taught at the University of Notre Dame from 1986 to 1992. He also served as director of the civic issues forum at the University of Cincinnati School of Law.^[1]

In 1999, Gilligan was elected to the Board of Education of the Cincinnati Public Schools. He chose not to stand for re-election when his term expired in 2007.

Gilligan is the father of four children, including Kathleen Sebelius, the current United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Governor of Kansas.

See also

• Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1st District
• Election Results, Ohio Governor
• Election Results, Ohio Governor (Democratic Primaries)
• Election Results, U.S. Senator from Ohio
• List of United States Representatives from Ohio
• List of Governors of Ohio

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Ohio History Central
2. ^ Motz, Mark D. (2008-07-10). "Volume V, Issue 16". St. Xavier High School E-News mailing list. http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1113. Retrieved 2008-07-11. 
3. ^ Ohio Secretary of State website

• John J. Gilligan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• NNDB

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Carl W. Rich	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st District 1965–1967	Succeeded by Robert Taft, Jr.
Political offices
Preceded by Jim Rhodes	Governor of Ohio 1971–1975	Succeeded by Jim Rhodes

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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Name	Gilligan, John J.
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Date of birth	March 22, 1921
Place of birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
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