Gordon Harry Scherer | |
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| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from the 71st district | |
| In office January 3, 1965 – December 31, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | None (First) |
| Succeeded by | John Brandenberg |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Elston |
| Succeeded by | Carl West Rich |
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| Born | (1906-12-26)December 26, 1906 |
| Died | August 13, 1988(1988-08-13) (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Salmon P. Chase College of Law |
Gordon Harry Scherer (December 26, 1906 – August 13, 1988) was anAmerican lawyer and politician of theRepublican party who served five terms as aU.S. representative fromOhio from 1953 to 1963.
Scherer earned a law degree in 1929 from theSalmon P. Chase College of Law and practiced law inCincinnati, Ohio. From 1933 to 1941, he worked for theHamilton County, Ohio, prosecutor. From 1943 to 1944, he served as Cincinnati's safety director. From 1945 to 1946, Scherer served on the city's planning commission. Scherer was then elected to the Cincinnati city council, on which he served from 1945 to 1949.
In 1952, Scherer stood successfully for election to the U.S. House of Representatives and began serving in 1953 (83rd Congress). He was re-elected in 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960. He declined to run for election again in 1962, returning to his private law practice. Following his time in Congress, Scherer served four term in theOhio House of Representatives, from 1965 to 1972. Scherer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities,(HUAC). Scherer voted present on theCivil Rights Act of 1957,[1] but voted in favor of theCivil Rights Act of 1960.[2]
Scherer served as a delegate from Ohio to the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Convention. He was chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party from 1962 to 1968. From 1970 to 1973, Scherer was a member of the United States National Commission for UNESCO. He was on the executive board of that commission from 1974 to 1975. In 1972, Scherer was appointed the U.S. representative to theUnited Nations, in which capacity he served from 1972 to 1973. He died in 1988.
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