Howard M. Metzenbaum

A Senator from Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 4, 1917. Graduated, Ohio State University, Columbus 1939. Graduated, Ohio State University School of Law 1941. Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1941 and commenced practice in Cleveland. Member, Ohio house of representatives 1943-1947. Member, Ohio senate 1947-1951. Campaign manager for United States Senator Stephen M. Young 1958, 1964. Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate 1970. Chairman of a group of suburban weeklies in the Cleveland area. Appointed by the Governor, January 4, 1974, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William B. Saxbe and served from January 4, 1974, until his resignation December 23, 1974. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1974. Resumed the practice of law. Elected on November 2, 1976, to the United States Senate for the term commencing January 3, 1977. Subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Taft, Jr. For the term ending January 3, 1983. Reelected in 1982 and 1988 and served from December 29, 1976, to January 3, 1995. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1994. Chairman, Consumer Federation of America (1995-2008). Died in Aventura, Florida, on March 12, 2008. Interment in Mayfield Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.