Jim Rhodes

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James Allen Rhodes (September 13 1909 – March 4 2001) was an American Republican politician from Ohio and as of 2006 one of only five US state governors (Edwin Edwards George Wallace Jim Hunt Bill Janklow and Terry Branstad) to serve 4 four-year terms in office. Rhodes is tied for the fourth longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5840 days.

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active years end date

1971-01-11, 1983-01-10

active years start date

1963-01-14, 1975-01-13

birth date

1909-09-13

birth name

James Allen Rhodes

birth place

Coalton Ohio

death date

2001-03-04

death place

Columbus Ohio

lieutenant

Dick Celeste, John William Brown, George Voinovich

office

Governor of Ohio, Ohio State Auditor, Mayor of Columbus Ohio

order in office

44th, 21st, 61st, 63rd

party

Republican Party (United States)

resting place

Columbus Ohio, Ohio, Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus Ohio

successor

Dick Celeste, John J. Gilligan, Robert T. Oestreicher, Roger_W._Tracy_Jr.