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{{Infobox officeholder
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|name = John Winant
|image = John Gilbert Winant.jpg
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|education = [[Princeton University]]
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'''John Gilbert Winant''' {{small|[[Order of Merit|OM]]}} (February 23, 1889 – November 3, 1947) was an American [[diplomat]] and [[politics of the United States|politician]] with the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican party]] after a brief career as a teacher in [[Concord, New Hampshire]].<ref>Lawrence Kestenbaum. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Wilson-allen to Winfrey"]. ''politicalgraveyard.com''.</ref> 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
{{cite news
| title = John G. Winant Kills Self; Was Ex-Envoy to London; Pistol Shot Ends Life on Bedroom Floor in New Hampshire Home
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==Early life==
Winant was born on the East Side, New York City, the son of Frederick and Jeanette Winant. His father was a partner in a prosperous real estate company. Winant attended [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in Concord and progressed to [[Princeton University]], but he was a poor student, and left without graduating.
==Public offices==
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===Governor of New Hampshire===
He twice served as Governor of New Hampshire: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1931 to 1935. He served his later
===Social Security Board===
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===Ambassador to the United Kingdom===
In 1941, Roosevelt appointed Winant ambassador to the [[Court of St. James's]], and Winant remained in that post until he resigned in March 1946.<ref name=NYTobit/> Winant dramatically changed the U.S. stance towards Britain compared to his predecessor, [[Joseph P. Kennedy
The new ambassador quickly developed close contacts with King [[George VI]] and Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]], even though the U.S. was only providing military aid and the Axis was not yet at war with the U.S.<ref name="Olson"/><ref name="NPR">[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123231825 ''Citizens of London'': Interview with author and book excerpt "Chapter 1: There's No Place I'd Rather Be Than In England"]. [[National Public Radio]], ''[[All Things Considered]]'', February 3, 2010.</ref> Winant had an affair with Churchill's second daughter [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] during that time.<ref name="NPR"/>
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==Suicide==
[[File:John Gilbert Winant 1947.jpg|thumb|John Gilbert Winant (c.1943)]]
Winant shot himself in the head at his Concord home on
Winston Churchill sent four dozen yellow roses to Winant's funeral, and the British king and queen sent their condolences by telegram.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Felice Belman|author2=Mike Pride|title=The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of One Hundred People who Shaped it|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeXl-jdJlCkC&pg=PA145|year=2001|publisher=UPNE|isbn=978-1-58465-087-4|pages=145–}}</ref>
Winant was buried at Blossom Hill
<blockquote>Doing the day's work day by day, doing a little, adding a little, broadening our bases wanting not only for ourselves but for others also, a fairer chance for all people everywhere. Forever moving forward, always remembering that it is the things of the spirit that in the end prevail. That caring counts and that where there is no vision the people perish. That hope and faith count and that without charity, there can be nothing good. That having dared to live dangerously, and in believing in the inherent goodness of man, we can stride forward into the unknown with growing confidence.<ref>[http://nhcommentary.com/John_Gilbert_Winant,%20US%20Ambassasdor%20and%20NH%20Governor.htm "John Gilbert Winant – Governor and Ambassador"]. nhcommentary.com.</ref></blockquote>
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In 2009, Rivington Winant, with his wife Joan, donated 85 acres of land in Concord for the creation of Winant Park in honor of his late father and mother. The property sits on what was formerly the Winants' estate and offers the public biking, hiking and cross-country ski trails.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713150502/http://www.concordhistoricalsociety.org/parks/parkwinanthistory.html New Concord Park Honors NH Governor John Gilbert Winant]. concordhistoricalsociety.org</ref> Rivington Winant said his goal was to create "something that would be useful to the people of Concord, and something my father would like."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Archive/2011/02/999760431-999760431-1102-CM|title=Donor Winant dies at 85|last=Leubsdorf|first=Ben|date=February 11, 2011|work=Concord Monitor|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref>
Two positions have been endowed in Winant's
On June 30, 2017, a statue of Winant was unveiled outside the New Hampshire State Library in Concord. The campaign to build the statue with private funds was led by Van McLeod, longtime
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