About John Gilbert Winant
John Gilbert Winant OM 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. He was the 60th governor of New Hampshire from 1925 to 1927 and 1931 to 1935. Winant also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom during most of World War II. Depressed by career disappointments, a failed marriage and heavy debt, he killed himself in 1947. Working closely with the federal government, Winant was the first governor whose state filled its enrollment quota in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Roosevelt appointed Winant as first head of the Social Security Board in 1935, a position he held until 1937. In 1943, he was awarded the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen. Rivington Winant also served in World War II and later became treasurer at the United Nations.
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