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Title	Governor John W. Brown portrait
Subject	Ohio--Governors--Portraits Ohio History--State and Local Government
Time Period	1950s
Place	Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	Portrait of John W. Brown (1913-1993). The original painting hangs in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. He served as lieutenant governor from 1953 to 1956. When Governor Lausche resigned as governor to assume his seat in the United States Senate, Brown was appointed governor of Ohio for eleven days, January 3-14, 1957. Brown succeeded in ending a strike at the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Company in Portsmouth, Ohio. He also commuted the sentences of four people from first degree murder to second degree murder, allowing them to qualify for parole. Interestingly, Brown also was the last governor to reside in the Governor's Mansion located on East Broad Street in Columbus.
Creator	Wilson, David Philip, 1909-1981
Date of Original	1970
Collection	Ohio Governors Collection
Source	AV 105; Box 1, Folder 40
Format	Picture; Transparency
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AV105_1_40.tif
Image Height	2334
Image Width	2027
File Size	14217280 Bytes