Roger Ellwood Cloud (December 4, 1909 – April 20, 1988), was an American politician of the Republican party who represented Ohio in several capacities. Having worked as a farmer and a factory worker, Cloud won election to the local school board in DeGraff. In 1940, he won office as a county commissioner in

Logan County, Ohio Logan County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,150. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native American ...

. He served in this office from 1941 to 1949. In 1948, Cloud ran successfully for a seat in the

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, serving from 1949. Cloud held the office of

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from 1955 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1967. In 1965,

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Roger W. Tracy died and Governor

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appointed Chester W. Goble as a temporary replacement. Rhodes chose Cloud to complete Tracy's term as auditor and in 1966, Cloud was elected to the position and served in that office from 1967 to 1971. In 1970, Cloud was nominated for

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as incumbent

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was term-limited. He defeated Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens in the primary, but lost to Democrat John J. Gilligan. That year the Ohio Republican Party was caught up in the "Crofters" scandal where the Republican state treasurer, John Herbert, had invested state money in improper investments with a big campaign contributor. After this defeat, Cloud retired from politics. Cloud's wife was the former Llewellyn DeWeese; they were married in 1934.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cloud, Roger 1909 births 1988 deaths People from Logan County, Ohio County commissioners in Ohio Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives State Auditors of Ohio Burials at Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio) 20th-century American politicians

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