John Arthur Love: Difference between revisions

|image = John A. Love (CO).jpgpng

|predecessor = [[Charles DiBona]] {{small|(National Energy Office)}}

|lieutenant2 = [[Robert Lee Knous|Robert Knous]]<br />[[Mark Anthony Hogan|Mark Hogan]]<br />[[John D. Vanderhoof|John Vanderhoof]]

|birth_place = near [[Gibson City, Illinois|Gibson City]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]

|death_place = [[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]], [[Colorado]], [[United States|U.S.]]

|education = [[University of Denver]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}

|allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}}

'''John Arthur Love''' (November 29, 1916 – January 21, 2002) was aan [[UnitedAmerican States]] [[Lawyer|attorney]] and [[Republican partyParty (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]] who served as the [[List of Governors of Colorado|36th Governor]] of the [[State of Colorado]] from 1963 to 1973.

John Arthur Love was born on a farm near [[Gibson City, Illinois]], on November 29, 1916.<ref>Martinez, Julia C. "John A. Love 1916-2002 3-Term Governor Fostered Growth." The Denver Post, January 23, 2002, A-01.</ref> At age five, John Lovehe moved with his family to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Denver]] in 1938 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Denver School of Law in 1941.

John Love married Ann Daniels in 1942 and the couple had three children, Dan, Andrew and Rebecca. [[Rebecca Love Kourlis|Rebecca]]. Rebecca grew up to serve as a justice of the [[Colorado Supreme Court]] from 1995 to 2006. Andrew Love served 37 years in the USU.S. Air AirForceForce and retired in 2004 as a Majormajor Generalgeneral.

In 1962, Love defeated incumbent [[List of Governors of Colorado|Colorado Governor]] [[Stephen L.R. McNichols]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Love was re-elected governor in 1966 and 1970. In 1967, he signed the first liberalized abortion bill in the United States into law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40546201/?terms=Colorado%2Babortion%2Blaw |title=26 Apr 1967, Page 2 - Lincoln Journal Star at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1967-04-26 |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref>

In 1973, John Love resigned the governorship to become the nation's first Director of the Office of Energy Policy (nicknamed the "[[Energy Czar]]") in the administration of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Lieutenant Governor [[John DavidD. Vanderhoof]] assumed the office of Governorgovernor upon Governor Love's resignation. LoveAfter resignedonly five months as DirectorEnergy afterCzar, fiveLove monthsresigned due to the political turmoil in the final days of the Nixon Administration. Historian Daniel Yergin asserts Love was forced to resign by Nixon in favor of [[William E. Simon]] due to the energy crisis created in October 1973 by the Arab oil embargo.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yergin|first=Daniel|title=The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-79932-0|page=618}}</ref>

Love died in [[Aurora, Colorado]] on January 21, 2002, at the age of 85.

*Love, John A. Collection. 140 c.f., 1963-19731963–1973. Denver, Co.: Colorado State Archives.

*Love, John A. Papers. 4 c.f., 1960-19741960–1974. Denver, Co.: Denver Public Library Western History Collection.

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