Warren T. McCray

Warren Terry McCray ( born February 4, 1865 Brook, Newton County, Indiana, † December 19, 1938 in Kentland, Indiana ) was an American politician and between 1921 and 1924 the 30th Governor of Indiana.

Early years and political rise

After primary school, McCray 1880 an employee of Discount and Deposit Bank in Kentland year. Where his father served as president. After his death in 1913, McCray should be president of this bank itself. By the time he became a successful businessman in addition to its banking activities. In this capacity, he engaged in business with grain elevators. But he was also shopkeepers, trying to be a rancher.

McCray was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1904 and 1912 he worked as a curator of a hospital for the mentally handicapped for the finances of the Board of Trustees. From 1912 to 1916 he sat in the Agriculture Committee of Indiana. During the First World War he was chairman of the Committee for Food (Food Conservation Committee ) of Indiana. Between 1917 and 1918 he was curator of the Purdue University. Already in 1916, he has sought his party's nomination for the office of governor. But at that time he was defeated James Goodrich. In 1920 he was elected as a candidate of his party but the new governor of Indiana.

Governor of Indiana

McCrays term as governor began on 10 January 1921. Emerged during his reign 87 public buildings. A new law regulated the budget system at both the state and the local level. Also, a fuel tax was introduced, with the expansion of the road network has been funded in the face of increasing traffic. McCray also promoted the education, especially in rural areas. In Pendleton, a new prison was built. However, his reputation suffered soon after he took damage when he fell through personal bad speculation in financial difficulties. To compensate for this, he allowed himself to criminal acts and fraud. Among other things, his Secretary of State, who later became Governor Edward L. Jackson to him, bribed. After these offenses were known and has been investigating him, he entered on 30 April 1924 by his office. Because these events occurred almost simultaneously with similar events in other states such as Illinois under Governor Len Small and even in the covenant (see the Teapot Dome scandal of President Warren G. Harding ), the policy generally lost credibility.

Further CV

McCray was convicted of his crimes and spent three years in a federal prison before he could return to his farm in Kentland, where he devoted himself to agricultural matters, and worked to improve his reputation. In 1930 he was completely pardoned by President Herbert C. Hoover. Warren McCray died in December 1938 in Kentland. He was married to Ella Ade, with whom he had three children.