Gordon Renner

{{short description|American politician}}

{{one source|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Gordon Renner

| image name=

| office=89th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives

| term_start=January 1, 1951

| term_end= 1953

| predecessor=John F. Cantwell

| successor=William B. Saxbe

| state_house2=Ohio

| state2=Ohio

| birth_date={{birth date|1900|11|17}}

| birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date= {{death date and age|1964|9|2|1900|11|17}}

| death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| party=Republican

| residence= Cincinnati, Ohio

| alma_mater=Miami University

| profession=Attorney

| spouse=Mary Renner

|}}

Gordon G. Renner (November 17, 1900 – September 2, 1964) was the 89th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving between 1951 and 1953. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States) and represented an area around Cincinnati, Ohio. He was elected on the first ballot by a vote of 55 to 27, beating out Kenneth A. Robinson for the speakership.{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19501205&id=AupOAAAAIBAJ&pg=1382,2208711 | title=Cincinnati Man to be Speaker of the House | newspaper=Toledo Blade | date=1950-12-05|accessdate = 2013-04-26 | format=PDF}} William B. Saxbe served as majority leader and replaced Renner as the speaker the following session. He died from cancer in 1964.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33403230/the_cincinnati_enquirer/ |title=Gordon G. Renner, 63, Dies; Widely-Known As Legislator |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=September 3, 1963 |page=1 |accessdate=2019-06-30 }}

His father was Otto Renner, a prominent attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio during the early 1900s.

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