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William M. McCulloch
William Moore McCulloch was born near Holmesville in Holmes County and practiced law in Piqua. As the leading Republican on the House Judiciary Committee he helped pass the civil rights laws of the 1960s.
At a glance
- Born
- 1901-11-24
- Died
- 1980-02-22
- Education
- College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1923
- Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, OH, 1925
- Known as
- Politician, Civil Rights, Lawyer
- Organizations
- U.S. House of Representatives
Life story
William McCulloch was born near Holmesville in 1901. He graduated from the College of Wooster in 1923 and the Ohio State University law school in 1925, then practiced law in Piqua.
He served in the Ohio House from 1933 to 1944, as minority leader and then speaker, and was an Army officer in military government in Europe from 1943 to 1945.
Elected to Congress in 1947, he represented Ohio's 4th district until 1973. As ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee from 1959, he introduced a comprehensive civil rights bill in 1963 and supported the civil rights acts of 1957, 1960, 1964 and 1968, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Open Housing Act of 1968.
He sat on the Kerner Commission in 1967 and a violence commission in 1968. He retired in 1973 and died in 1980; he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Timeline
- 1901-11-24: Born (near Holmesville, OH) source
- 1925: Admitted to the bar; practices in Piqua (Piqua, OH) source
- 1933: Joins the Ohio House of Representatives (Columbus, OH) source
- 1939: Becomes Speaker of the Ohio House (Columbus, OH) source
- 1947-11-04: Takes seat in the U.S. House (Washington, DC) source
- 1963: Introduces a comprehensive civil rights bill (Washington, DC) source
- 1967: Named to the Kerner Commission (Washington, DC) source
- 1973-01-03: Leaves Congress (Washington, DC) source
- 1980-02-22: Dies source
What William is known for
- Served in the U.S. House from 1947 to 1973
- Ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, 1959-1973
- Key Republican backer of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Honors and things named for them
- Portrayed in the HBO film All the Way (2016)
- Subject of a 2017 Profiles in Courage essay contest winner
Family
- wife: Mabel Harris
- daughter: Nancy McCulloch
- daughter: Ann McCulloch
Ohio places
Where William M. McCulloch was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: Holmesville, Holmes County ZIP 44633 · Holmesville · Holmes County
- Worked: Piqua, Miami County ZIP 45356 · Piqua · Miami County
- Buried: Arlington, VA, Arlington (Virginia) County (Arlington National Cemetery)
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: William M. McCulloch birth, schooling, offices, legislation, honors, burial