BROWN, Sherrod (1952-)

Democrat of Ohio

0th congressional district

Serving in Senate 2007-Present

Served in House 1993-2006

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Biography

A Senator and Representative from Ohio; born in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, November 9, 1952; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1974; M.A., Ohio State University, Ohio, 1981; member of the faculty, Ohio State University, Mansfield, Ohio, 1979-1981; member of the Ohio State house of representatives, 1975-1982; Ohio secretary of state, 1983-1991; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2007); not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2006; reelected in 2012, and again in 2018 for the term ending January 3, 2025; chair, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (One Hundred Seventeenth and One Hundred Eighteenth Congresses).
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