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Michael DiSalle

Michael Vincent DiSalle (January 6, 1908 – September 16, 1981)[1][2] was the 60th governor of Ohio, serving from 1959 to 1963. A Democrat, he was a member of the Toledo City Council and served as the 46th mayor of Toledo from 1948 to 1950.

Michael V. DiSalle

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Ollie Czelusta

Michael Vincent DiSalle

(1908-01-06)January 6, 1908
New York City, New York, U.S.

September 16, 1981(1981-09-16) (aged 73)
Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy

Myrtle Eugene England
(m. 1929)

Early life[edit]

DiSalle was born on January 6, 1908, in New York City,[1] to Italian-American immigrant parents, Anthony and Assunta DiSalle. His family moved to Toledo, Ohio, when he was three years old. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1931. He married Myrtle E. England; the couple had four daughters and one son.[1][2]


DiSalle was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1932.[2] In 1949, the University of Notre Dame conferred him an honorary doctorate of law.[1]

Later life[edit]

In 1966, he joined the Washington, D.C., law firm of Chapman, Duff, and Paul.[2] In 1979, he co-founded the Washington, D.C., law firm of DiSalle & Staudinger.[2]


The same year, DiSalle also authored the book Second Choice, a history of the U.S. vice presidency.[24]


DiSalle led a draft movement for a potential 1968 presidential campaign by Sen. Ted Kennedy. He served as the honorary chairman of Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign.[2][4]


DiSalle died on September 16, 1981, of a heart attack while vacationing in Pescara, Italy.[25]

Toledo – housing federal, state, county, and city governmental offices.[4]

Michael DiSalle Government Center

Toledo – carrying I-75 across the Maumee River.[4]

Michael V. DiSalle Bridge

DiSalle has two current structures in Ohio named for him:


Also, the DiSalle Center (no longer standing) at the Ohio Expo Center and the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio, was named in honor of DiSalle.

Ohio gubernatorial elections

DiSalle, Michael V. The Power of Life or Death. New York: Random House, 1965.

DiSalle, Michael V. Second Choice. Stroud, Gloucester, United Kingdom: Hawthorn Books, 1966.

Marcus, Maeva. Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977.  0-231-04126-8.

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Sarat, Austin. Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop An Execution. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005.  0-691-12140-0.

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Zimmerman, Richard. Call Me Mike: A Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2003.  0-87338-755-4.

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at Ohio History Central

Michael V. DiSalle