Judson Harmon

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Early lifeEdit

Harmon was born in Newtown, Ohio and named after Adoniram Judson, the famed American Baptist foreign missionary. His parents were Benjamin Franklin Harmon and Julia Brunson, a native of Olean, New York. His ancestors on both sides of his family were English and included men who served in the colonial wars and the American Revolutionary War,<ref>Ohio Legislative History: 1909-1912, Volume 1, 1912, page 14</ref> including Cornelius Brooks and his father James Brooks.<ref>Greve, Charles Theodore. Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 2, 1904, page 27</ref>

Judson was a distant relative of Frances Folsom, the wife of President Grover Cleveland, through her mother Emma Harmon.

Harmon graduated from Denison University in 1866. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1869. Harmon was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1876 but left months later to run unsuccessfully for the State Senate. He was elected judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati in 1878<ref>Roseboom, Eugene F. and Francis P. Weisenburger, A History of Ohio (Ohio Historical Society Press: Columbus, 1967) 321.</ref> and served until he resigned in 1887 to resume the practice of law.

Attorney GeneralEdit

He was appointed Attorney General by President Cleveland on June 8, 1895, upon the elevation of Richard Olney to become United States Secretary of State. Harmon served out the remainder of Cleveland's second term in office. Shortly after his appointment, Harmon urged Congress to fix some of the weaknesses in the Sherman Antitrust Act.<ref>Nevins, Allan, Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage (Dodd, Mead & Co.: New York, 1933) p. 723.</ref> Harmon also issued the most explicit statement of what became known as the Harmon doctrine of absolute sovereignty, "the rules, principles and precedents of international law impose no liability or obligation upon the United States" in a case involving a claim by Mexico for damages from diverting the waters of the Rio Grande.

GovernorEdit

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Harmon in 1911

Harmon was elected as Ohio governor in 1908.<ref>Roseboom, Eugene H. & Francis P. Weisenburger, A History of Ohio, p. 321.</ref> In 1910, Harmon was re-elected for a second term as governor, this time defeating future President of the United States Warren G. Harding. During his time as governor, various progressive labor laws were introduced.<ref>Title: Labor Legislation of 1912 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 111, P.178-179</ref><ref>Title: November 1910 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor, No. 91, Volume XXI, P.1110-1144</ref><ref>Title: November 1911 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor, No. 97, Volume XXIII, P.1249-1270</ref><ref>Democratic party of the state of Ohio : a comprehensive history of democracy in Ohio from 1803 to 1912, including democratic legislation in the state, the campaigns of a century, history of Democratic Conventions, the reverses and successes of the party, etc. / edited by Thomas E. Powell v.1, 1913, P.443</ref><ref>A story of the progress in Ohio during Governor Judson Harmon's administration P.23-25</ref>

Presidential candidateEdit

In June 1912, Harmon led the Ohio delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. There, Harmon was nominated as a candidate for the presidency.<ref>Link, Arthur S., Wilson, Volume I: The Road to the White House (Princeton, University Press: Princeton, New Jersey, 1947) pp. 447–448.</ref> That was largely as a favorite son of the State of Ohio, Harmon found support from elsewhere and on the first ballot of the Convention, and he received the votes of 148 delegates.<ref>Link, Arthur, Wilson, Volume I, road to the White House p. 448.</ref> However, since no candidate received the necessary two thirds of the votes, balloting continued.

By the time of the 26th ballot, no candidate had yet received the nomination for president and Harmon's support had dwindled to 29 votes,<ref>Link, Arthur S., Wilson, Volume I: The Road to the White House, p. 455.</ref> as the Convention tended to coalesce around the two leading candidates: Speaker of the House of Representatives Champ Clark of Missouri and New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson.<ref>Link, Arthur S., Wilson, Volume I: The Road to the White House.pp. 450–455.</ref> Balloting continued until the 39th ballot, when the support of William Jennings Bryan helped Wilson obtain the votes necessary to become the nominee.<ref>Link, Arthur S., Wilson Volume I: The Road to the White House, p. 458.</ref>

RetirementEdit

Following the convention, Harmon returned home to Ohio to serve the rest of his term as governor. Accordingly, Harmon left office in January 1913 upon completing this second term. he died in late February 1927 at 81.

FamilyEdit

In 1870 Judson married Olivia Scobey, the daughter of a leading physician in Hamilton. They had three daughters.<ref>Ohio Legislative History: 1909-1912, Volume 1, page 14</ref> Harmon and family were residents of Wyoming, OH and lived at 205 Worthington Avenue, located in the city's Village Historic District. He served as Wyoming's third Mayor and was the village's most distinguished public servant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

LegacyEdit

Harmon County, Oklahoma, is named after him.

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