SkipCaptcha
35,519
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 9:
Line 9: + + + + +
no edit summary
'''Allen William Thurman''' (May 1847 – 15 November 1922) was a [[baseball]] executive and [[Democrat]] from [[Ohio]] who was the head of the state's Board of Administration in the early 1910s. The son of outspokenly racist U.S. senator [[Allen G. Thurman]], he was known for his advocacy of [[eugenics]].<ref name=eugenics>September 26, 1912. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/26/100549905.pdf Predicting Ohio's Bankruptcy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref>
'''Allen William Thurman''' (May 1847 – 15 November 1922) was a [[baseball]] executive and [[Democrat]] from [[Ohio]] who was the head of the state's Board of Administration in the early 1910s. The son of outspokenly racist U.S. senator [[Allen G. Thurman]], he was known for his advocacy of [[eugenics]].<ref name=eugenics>September 26, 1912. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/26/100549905.pdf Predicting Ohio's Bankruptcy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref>
==Background==
Thurman was born in 1847 to Allen Granberry Thurman and the former Mary Anderson Dun.
His father was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] three years before his birth. The elder Thurman served on the state Supreme Court in the 1850s and in 1868 was elected to the [[U.S. Senate]].
==Career==
==Career==