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  Bettman, Sr., Gilbert
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NameGilbert Bettman, Sr.
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Cincinnati, Ohio , United States
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Born October 03, 1881
DiedJuly 00, 1942 (60 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Apr 28, 2023 08:23pm
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InfoVice Mayor of Cincinnati
Ohio Attorney General, 1929-1933
Justice of Ohio Supreme Court, 1941-1942


Gilbert Bettman, Sr. was an American politician of the Ohio Republican party.

In 1932, Bettman ran for the office of U.S. senator from Ohio. He lost to the incumbent Democrat, Robert J. Bulkley.

From January 1941 to July 1942, Bettman served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

Gilbert Bettman personally conducted and secured convictions in a Cleveland voter fraud investigation during his term as Attorney General. He began his career in public service as Counsel Director of the War Risk Bureau, and during World War I he was a captain in the United States Army. After the war, he was elected chairman of the National Committee on War Risk Insurance and, in 1920, was appointed to the Land Settlement and Home Aide Committee.

Father of the late former State Rep. Gilbert Bettman, Jr., R-Hamilton County.

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