Charles Thone
Charles Thone | |
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File:Charles Thone 1977 congressional photo.jpg | |
34th Governor of Nebraska | |
In office January 4, 1979 – January 6, 1983 |
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Lieutenant | Roland Luedtke |
Preceded by | James Exon |
Succeeded by | Bob Kerrey |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1979 |
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Preceded by | Robert Denney |
Succeeded by | Doug Bereuter |
Personal details | |
Born | Hartington, Nebraska, U.S. |
January 4, 1924
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
Charles Thone (born January 4, 1924) is an American Republican politician. He was the thirty-fourth Governor of Nebraska.
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Early life
Thone was born in Hartington, Nebraska. He has three brothers, including John Jr. He graduated from Holy Trinity High School (now Cedar Catholic High School). During World War II, he served in the Infantry and in the field artillery and the Army Air Corps of the United States Army as a non-commissioned officer and as an officer.
Political career
Following graduation from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1950, he set up private practice in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] He was deputy secretary of state for Nebraska from 1951 to 1952.[2] In 1952, he became President of the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce. He married Ruth Raymond on August 16, 1953.[3] From 1954 to 1970, he served as Administrative Assistant to U.S. Senator Roman Hruska.
Thone was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1971, representing Nebraska's 1st congressional district. During his tenure in Congress, he was assistant minority whip, and he served on the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Governorship
In 1979, he became the 34th Governor of Nebraska, a post he held until 1983, when he was narrowly defeated for reelection by Bob Kerrey. He chaired the Old West Economic Development Commission from 1981 to 1982, and the Agricultural Committee of the President's Export Council from 1982 to 1985.
Later career
In the 1992 presidential election, he cast one of the state's five electoral votes for President George H. W. Bush. In 2008 he did the same for John McCain.[4]
Since retiring from public life, he has practiced law in Lincoln, Nebraska at the law office of Erickson and Sederstrom.[5]
References
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External links
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- Charles Thone at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-01-24
- National Governors Association
- The Political Graveyard
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st congressional district 1971–1979 |
Succeeded by Doug Bereuter |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Governor of Nebraska 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by Bob Kerrey |
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