A Representative from Ohio. Born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, February 11, 1944. Graduated from Findlay High School, Findlay, Ohio, 1962. B. A. , Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1966. J. D. , Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, 1969. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1969-1972. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Ohio state house of representatives, 1972-1981. Delegate to Ohio state Republican conventions, 1972-1980. Delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1976 and 1984. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Tennyson Guyer, reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses (June 25, 1981-January 3, 2007). Chair, Committee on Financial Services (One Hundred Seventh through One Hundred Ninth Congresses). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Died on January 1, 2016, in McLean, Va. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
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