John J. Gilligan

John Joyce “Jack” Gilligan (March 22, 1921 – August 26, 2013) was an American

gunnery officer.

Career

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After the war, Gilligan returned to Cincinnati to teach literature at

Xavier University

from 1948 to 1953.

He also served as member of the Cincinnati city council from 1953 to 1963, and was a candidate for Ohio Congressman-at-Large in 1962.

U. S. Representative and Senate campaign

In 1964, he was elected to the

Gilligan won election for governor of Ohio in 1970, defeating Republican state Auditor Roger Cloud, and serving from 1971 to 1975. His signature achievement in office was the creation of Ohio's state income tax.^[4] Gilligan was seen as a favorite to win a second term but lost re-election in an upset in the strongly Democratic Watergate year of 1974 to former Republican governor James A. Rhodes (who had been barred from running in 1970 due to term limits) by only 11,488 votes.^[5] The backlash of big business against Gilligan and in favor of Rhodes was seen by many as the reason for his defeat.^[6]

Gilligan subsequently served as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1977 to 1979. In 1980, he was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board. He served as director of the Institute for Public Policy from 1979 to 1986, and taught at the University of Notre Dame from 1986 to 1992. He also served as director of the civic issues forum at the University of Cincinnati School of Law.^[1] In 1999, Gilligan was elected to the Board of Education of the Cincinnati Public Schools. He chose not to stand for re-election when his term expired in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

On October 17, 1973, Gilligan, while governor, claimed to have seen a

Gilligan died at home in Cincinnati on August 26, 2013, at the age of 92. His son said he died of congestive heart failure.[12]

• List of United States representatives from Ohio
• List of governors of Ohio

External links

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Carl Rich	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st congressional district 1965–1969	Succeeded by Robert Taft
Party political offices
Preceded by Frank Lausche	Class 3) 1968	Succeeded by John Glenn
Preceded by Frazier Reams	Governor of Ohio 1970, 1974	Succeeded by Dick Celeste
Political offices
Preceded by Jim Rhodes	Governor of Ohio 1971–1975	Succeeded by Jim Rhodes