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John Gilbert Winant OM (February 23, 1889 – November 3, 1947) was an American diplomat and politician with the Republican party after a brief career as a teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. John Winant held positions in New Hampshire, national, and international politics.
John G Winant Jr served as a pilot with the 390th Bomb Group. His father, John G Winant, was US Ambassador to Britain between 1941-1946. Winant was shot down on 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30262 'Tech Supply' and taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).
May 12, 2017 · I n his 58 years of an extraordinary life, John Gilbert Winant rose from anxious schoolboy in Concord to the pinnacle of political power in New Hampshire and later to international influence in the Allied nations’ victory in World War II.
When President Roosevelt asked John G. Winant to become the first head of the new Social Security Board (SSB) in 1935, Winant had already distinguished himself in public life as a three-term governor of New Hampshire and first American member of the International Labor Organization.
Nov 2, 1993 · John Gilbert Winant Jr., who attracted international attention when he was captured by the Germans during World War II while his father was the United States Ambassador to Britain, died on...
Nov 1, 2000 · Influenced by the writings of Charles Dickens and John Ruskin and inspired by the examples of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, he was as governor a forceful advocate of progressive reform initiatives, including a 48-hour work week for women and children, a minimum wage, and the abolition of capital punishment.
Nov 15, 2010 · Gilbert: John Gilbert Winant. (HOST) The recent election decided who’ll be governor of New Hampshire for the next two years. And that reminds commentator Peter Gilbert, executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council, of a former New Hampshire governor who deserves to be better known.
Oct 24, 2017 · Winant surprised fellow legislators when, as a freshman, he introduced legislation to restrict the workweek for women and children to 48 hours, to support universal suffrage, to regulate wage standards and to abolish capital punishment.
Nov 3, 1993 · John Gilbert Winant Jr., who attracted international attention when he was captured by the Germans during World War II while his father was the U.S. ambassador to Britain, died on Sunday.
John Gilbert Winant (1889–1947) Non-career appointee. State of Residence: New Hampshire. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (United Kingdom) Appointed: February 11, 1941. Presentation of Credentials: March 1, 1941. Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated April 10, 1946.
