A Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Born in Springfield, Ohio, January 5, 1947. Attended the public schools in Yellow Springs, Ohio. B. S. , Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1969. J. D. , College of Law, Ohio Northern University, Ada 1972. Admitted to the Ohio State bar in 1972, and commenced practice in Xenia, Ohio. Assistant prosecuting attorney, Greene County, Ohio 1973-1975. Prosecuting attorney, Greene County 1977-1981. Elected to the Ohio Senate 1981-1982. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1991). One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Judge Harry E. Claiborne. Elected lieutenant governor of Ohio for the four-year term beginning January 14, 1991. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1992. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1994. Reelected in 2000, and served from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2007. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2006. Attorney general for Ohio, 2011-2019. Elected governor of Ohio in 2018, and took the oath of office on January 14, 2019.
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