Born in Decatur , Nebraska , Whitacre attended the public schools , Hiram ( Ohio ) College , and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He engaged as a manufacturer of hollow building tile . He served as delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention . He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress . He had a home built in Brown Township , Carroll County , Ohio . During the 1920 presidential campaign , both candidates , Warren G Harding and James M. Cox visited his home
1912 Democratic National Convention
1912 Democratic National Convention
John J. Whitacre