Herbert B. Maw

Herbert Brown Maw ( born March 11, 1893 in Ogden, Utah; † 17 November 1990) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who was from 1941 to 1949 Governor of the State of Utah.

Early years

Maw made ​​in 1916 his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Utah and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University in Chicago. The First World War, he interrupted his studies and undertook in the U.S. Army, where until 1919 he worked as an ensign and Kaplan 1917. From 1923 to 1940 he practiced law and taught at the University of Utah. He also worked there as dean from 1928 to 1936.

His political career began with his election to the Senate from Utah, where he worked for ten years. He was also from 1934 to 1938 President of the Senate. He also ran unsuccessfully in 1934 for a seat in the U.S. Senate and a democratic Gouvernerusnominierung for the election of 1936. The reasons for his last defeat was responsible in part in the fact that the party leaders rejected his advocacy of trade union and pension laws. In response, he promoted legislation that would replace at a party nomination with a direct primary the consultation system, which enabled him to secure a 1940 Governor nomination.

Governor of Utah

Maw has held from January 6, 1941 to January 3, 1949, the Office of the Governor of Utah. During his two terms of office he promoted increasingly laws, which resulted in a substantial reduction in utilization rates and the imposition of regulations that should prevent the recovered ore from Utah to be processed elsewhere. Although he promoted the expansion of the industry and the government favored in matters of social and economic policy instead of federal control, its liberal attitude towards trade unions and welfare laws and land reclamation cost him his third term.

Further CV

After the end of his second term, he returned to his job back as a lawyer.

He was married to Florence Buehler, the couple had five children together.

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