Atlee Pomerene

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Early lifeEdit

Atlee Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, to Elizabeth and Peter P. Pomerene. He graduated with high honors from Princeton University in 1884. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1886 and was admitted to the bar in Ohio.<ref name="directory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="obit">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref>

CareerEdit

In 1886, he began practicing law with Charles R. Miller in Canton, Ohio. He then entered a partnership with Judge Robert S. Shields in the firm Shields and Pomerene. He then organized the firm Pomerene, Ambler and Pomerene with Ralph Ambler and his brother Celsus Pomerene.<ref name="directory"/><ref name="obit"/> From 1887 to 1901, he served as the city solicitor of Canton. He then worked as prosecutor of Stark County from 1897 to 1900. He prosecuted the homicide case against Anna George for the murder of George Saxton, brother of Ida Saxton McKinley.<ref name="obit"/> In 1906, he was appointed a member of the honorary tax commission of Ohio by Governor Andrew L. Harris.<ref name="obit"/> In 1910, he was chairman of the state Democratic convention.<ref name="obit2">Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref>

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 until January 19, 1911, when he was elected by the State Legislature to the U.S. Senate, succeeding Charles W. F. Dick. In 1913, he was a member of the Senate Banking Currency Commission and assisted in developing the legislation to create the Federal Reserve.<ref name="directory"/><ref name="obit2"/> Pomerene was re-elected in 1916, defeating Myron T. Herrick. He narrowly lost a bid for a third term six years later to Simeon D. Fess. He ran again the following election, but lost to Frank B. Willis.<ref name="obit2"/> In 1923, he joined the law firm Squire, Sanders and Dempsey of Cleveland.<ref name="obit2"/> In March 1923, President Warren Harding named him to the 5th Pan-American Conference held in Santiago, Chile.<ref name="obit2"/> He was a Democrat.<ref name="obit2"/>

Pomerene was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge alongside Owen Roberts 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. On August 1, 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.<ref name="directory"/><ref name="obit2"/> He served in that role until his retirement on March 4, 1933.<ref name="obit"/>

Pomerene then continued practicing law in Cleveland.<ref name="directory"/>

Personal lifeEdit

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Mary Pomerene in 1915

Pomerene married Mary H. Bockius, daughter of L. V. Bockius, of Canton on June 29, 1892.<ref name="obit2"/>

Pomerene died following pneumonia and a stroke in Cleveland on November 12, 1937, and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery in Canton.<ref name="directory"/><ref name="obit"/>

Awards and legacyEdit

Pomerene received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Miami University, Wooster University and Mount Union College. He also received an honorary degree from Kenyon College.<ref name="obit2"/>

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