Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ronald 'Bo' Ginn

American politician

Date of Birth: 31-May-1934

Place of Birth: Morgan, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jan-2005

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Not related to David 'Bo' Ginn, member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1980 to 1988.Ronald Bryan Ginn, known as 'Bo' Ginn (May 31, 1934 – January 2, 2005), represented Georgia's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Ginn was born in Morgan, Georgia and attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia from 1951 through 1953 and Georgia Southern College in Statesboro where he earned a degree in 1956.
He was considered a champion baseball player as a youth, but was stricken by crippling polio as a teenager and was told he would never walk again.
Surgery, long months of therapy at the Warm Springs Foundation, and a strong determination allowed him to leave his wheelchair.
This experience and the encouragement from others ultimately led him to a career in public service. Ginn served as administrative assistant to U.S.
Senator Herman Talmadge and U.S.
Congressman George Elliott Hagan.
He successfully ran against Hagan as a Democrat to win the 1st District congressional seat in 1972 to the 93rd United States Congress.
He served five consecutive terms in that seat before stepping down to run for Governor of Georgia in 1982.