Jim Rhodes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Rhodes

American politician

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Coalton, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 04-Mar-2001

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

James Allen Rhodes (September 13, 1909 – March 4, 2001) was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and as of 2019 one of only seven governors to serve 4 four-year terms in office.
(The other six being Edwin Edwards, George Wallace, Jim Hunt, Bill Janklow, Jerry Brown, and Terry Branstad.) Rhodes is tied for the fourth longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S.
history at 5,840 days.As governor in 1970, Rhodes sent National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus at the request of Kent, Ohio's mayor, after the ROTC building was burned down by unknown arsonists on May 2.
On May 4, four students were killed and nine others were wounded by the Guard.
One victim, Dean Kahler, suffered permanent paralysis.