Ed Feighan | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
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Preceded by | Lyle Williams |
Succeeded by | Eric Fingerhut |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1978 |
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Preceded by | Jim Flannery |
Succeeded by | Benny Bonanno |
Personal details | |
Born |
Edward Farrell Feighan October 22, 1947 Lakewood, Ohio |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Nadine Feighan |
Relations | Michael A. Feighan (uncle) |
Alma mater | Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University |
Edward Farrell "Ed" Feighan (born October 22, 1947) is a former American politician. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and as a Democratic Party U.S. Representative from 1983 to 1993, serving Ohio's 19th congressional district.
Feighan was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated in 1965 from St. Edward High School, an all-boys Catholic high school on Cleveland's west side. In 1969, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Loyola University in New Orleans, LA. He attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University while serving in the legislature and received his law degree in 1978.
Feighan was first elected to public office as a State Representative from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972. He served for six years in the Ohio Legislature until his election as a Cuyahoga County Commissioner, a position he held for four years.
In 1977, Feighan ran for mayor of the city of Cleveland, but lost a narrow race to Dennis Kucinich, who also later became a member of Congress.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the 103rd Congress, presumably due to his involvement in the House banking scandal and the specter of a primary fight against incumbent Mary Rose Oakar because of redistricting.