George S. Myers (April 21, 1881 – May 9, 1940) was a

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lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, in the

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, who served in all three branches of the

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state government. He served two terms in the

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, two terms as

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, and finished his life as a judge on the

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Biography

George S. Myers was born in 1881 in Rising Sun,

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to Albert and Hanna Neucome Myers. He was educated in public schools, and began teaching at age 16. He taught for six years, and entered the

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in 1903. He began legal studies at Western Reserve Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law in 1907, graduated in 1910, and was

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in Ohio that year.The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - George S. Myers
/ref> From 1910 to 1932, Myers practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio. For three years, he was dance-hall inspector in Cleveland. In 1916 and 1918 he was elected to the

from Cuyahoga County. After leaving the House in 1921, he returned to private practice in Cleveland. Myers failed in a bid for

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in 1922. He also lost election in 1928 for

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. In 1930, he entered the Democratic primary for the

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, but again lost. November, 1932 he was elected to

, seated January 9, 1933, and was re-elected in 1934. Myers was encouraged to run for Ohio Governor in 1936, but instead ran for a full six-year term on the

. He won, and was the first candidate for the Supreme Court to win more than one million votes. He was seated January 1, 1937, and served the rest of his life. Myers worked a full day at the court May 9, 1940, went home, had a heart attack, and died. He was a

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, but had his funeral at

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. He was buried at Trinity Cemetery in Rising Sun. Myers married Louise Birch of

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in 1915, and they had two children. He was a member of the

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References

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