Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
United States Senator from Ohio | |
Assumed office January 3, 2007 Serving with JD Vance | |
Preceded by | Mike DeWine |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district | |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Don Pease |
Succeeded by | Betty Sutton |
47th Ohio Secretary of State | |
In office 1983–1991 | |
Governor | Dick Celeste |
Preceded by | Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. |
Succeeded by | Bob Taft |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 61st district | |
In office January 3, 1975 – December 31, 1982 | |
Preceded by | Joan Douglass |
Succeeded by | Frank Sawyer |
Personal details | |
Born | Sherrod Campbell Brown November 9, 1952 Mansfield, Ohio |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Larke Ummel Brown (div. 1987) Connie Schultz |
Children | Emily Brown Elizabeth Brown Caitlin Andy |
Residence | Avon, Ohio |
Alma mater | Yale University (B.A.) Ohio State University (M.P.A./M.A.) |
Occupation | Teacher |
Website | brown |
Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is an American politician. In 2023, he was the senior United States Senator from Ohio. Brown is a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. He previously served as the Ohio Secretary of State (1983–1991) and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1974–1982).
After winning his third term in 2018, Brown was seen as a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and began exploring a run in January 2019.[1] On March 7, 2019, he announced that he would not run for president.[2]
Early life
[change | change source]Brown was born on November 9, 1952 in Mansfield, Ohio. His ancestors the Campbells were slave owners who forced many Cherokee people out of Georgia, in acts of genocide.[3][4][5] Brown studied at Yale University and at Ohio State University.
Personal life
[change | change source]He was married to Larke Ummel until they divorced in 1987. He is currently married to Connie Schultz.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Sen. Sherrod Brown Begins Tour Ahead of 2020 Decision". U.S. News & World Report. January 30, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ↑ Strauss, Daniel (March 7, 2019). "Sherrod Brown will not run for president in 2020". Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Charles F Campbell in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules". AncestryLibrary.com. p. 45. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
Name: Charles F Campbell; Residence Date: 1860; Residence Place: Jasper, Jasper, Georgia, USA; Number of Enslaved People: 17
- ↑ Hill, Sarah H. (2017-02-20). "All Roads Led from Rome: Facing the History of Cherokee Expulsion". Southern Spaces. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ↑ "1". RootsWeb. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11.
Other websites
[change | change source]- United States Senator Sherrod Brown official U.S. Senate site
- Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate official campaign site
- Sen. Sherrod Brown's Blog at Huffington Post
- Collected news and commentary at the Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Profile Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine at Campaign 2004 at USA Today