Allen W. Thurman
| Allen William Thurman | |||
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| Born | May 1847 Chillicothe, Ohio | ||
| Died | November 15, 1922 | ||
Allen William Thurman (May 1847 – 15 November 1922) was a baseball executive and Democrat from Ohio who was the head of the state's Board of Administration in the early 1910s. The son of outspokenly racist U.S. senator Allen G. Thurman, he was known for his advocacy of eugenics.[1]
Career
Thurman gave a speech on February 11, 1892 advocating for the Democratic Party nomination of Grover Cleveland in the presidential race that year.[2] In the previous presidential election, his father ran as the running mate of Cleveland, though the ticket lost the general election to Republicans Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton.
As the president of the Ohio Board of Administration, Thurman in late September 1912 advocated population control and called for preventing what he called "imbeciles" from having children.[1] He exclaimed in his "prophecy" that the state would be "bankrupted" if it continued to care for the disabled and disadvantaged.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 September 26, 1912. Predicting Ohio's Bankruptcy. The New York Times. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ↑ February 12, 1892. Allen W. Thurman's Letter To The Party. The New York Times. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
External links
- What Allen W. Thurman Says About The New Deal – The New York Times, published October 12, 1890
- Profile at Find a Grave