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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioHoward Morton METZENBAUM
(1917-2008)
Senate Years of Service:
1974-1974; 1976-1995Party: Democrat; DemocratMETZENBAUM, Howard Morton,
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.
Bibliography
Patterson, Samuel C., and Thomas W. Kephart. “The Case of the
Wayfaring Challenger: The 1988 Senate Election in Ohio.”
Congress & the Presidency 18 (Autumn 1991): 105-20.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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