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John Gilbert Winant ( February 23 , 1889 – November 3 , 1947 ) was an American teacher and Republican politician from Concord, New Hampshire . Born in New York City , Winant held positions in New Hampshire , national, and international politics. He was the first man to serve more than a single two-year term as Governor Of New Hampshire , winning election three times. Winant attended St. Paul's School in Concord as well as Princeton University . He was appointed an instructor in history at St. Paul's in 1913 , remaining there until 1917 . He was elected to the New Hampshire General Court in 1916 and enlisted in the American Expeditionary Force in 1917 . Winant returned to his position at St. Paul's in 1919 after his military service, and was elected to the State Senate in 1920 . He lost money in oil stocks in 1929 , which he had profited from through the 1920s . After his terms as Governor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Winant to be the first head of the Social Security Board in 1935 , a position he held until 1937 . The next year, he was elected to head the International Labor Office in Geneva , Switzerland , from January 1939 . In 1941 Roosevelt appointed him Ambassador to Great Britain , and remained in that post until he resigned in March 1946 . President Harry S. Truman appointed him U.S. representative to UNESCO in 1946 , although he retired to Concord shortly after to write his memoirs. In 1947 , Winant was only the second American citizen, after General Dwight Eisenhower , to be made an honorary member of the British Order Of Merit . He committed suicide later that year and was buried at St. Paul's School. EXTERNAL LINKS
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