Atlee Pomerene

Atlee Pomerene
United States Senator from Ohio
In office March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923
Preceded by	Charles W. F. Dick
Succeeded by	Simeon D. Fess
31st Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office January 9, 1911 – March 3, 1911
Governor	Judson Harmon
Preceded by	Francis W. Treadway
Succeeded by	Hugh L. Nichols
Personal details
Born	(1863-12-06)December 6, 1863 Berlin, Ohio
Died	Cleveland, Ohio
Resting place	West Lawn Cemetery Canton, Ohio
Political party	Democratic Party

Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863 – November 12, 1937) was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.

Biography

Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, and his spouse was Mary Bockrus Pomerene. He studied at Princeton University and the University of Cincinnati Law School.

Career

He began practicing law in Canton, Ohio in 1886. After serving in a variety of city, county, and state positions as solicitor and prosecutor, Pomerene was elected the 31st Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1910. He briefly served in the post in early 1911 before being elected by the State Legislature to the U.S. Senate. Pomerene was re-elected in 1916, but lost a bid for a third term six years later. Pomerene was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to serve as a special prosecutor to deal with the Teapot Dome scandal. He ran unsuccessfully for the other U.S. Senate seat from Ohio in 1926 and for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. presidency in 1928. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover appointed Pomerene to succeed Charles G. Dawes as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation after Dawes' sudden resignation on June 7.

Death

Pomerene died in Cleveland on November 12, 1937 and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio USA.

External links

• Atlee Pomerene at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress