Robert E. Sweeney
| Robert E. Sweeney | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's At-large district |
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In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Taft, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | District Eliminated |
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| Born |
November 4, 1924 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | June 30, 2007 (aged 82) Gates Mills, Ohio |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Baldwin-Wallace College Georgetown University Cleveland Marshall College of Law |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Robert E. Sweeney (November 4, 1924 – June 30, 2007) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a son of another former Representative, Martin L. Sweeney and Marie Carlin.
Sweeney was born in the West Park neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from that city's St. Ignatius High School.
He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.; Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio; and Cleveland-Marshall Law School in Cleveland, where he studied law despite the discouragement of his father.
Sweeney joined the Army during World War II and served from 1943 until 1946.
In 1951, Sweeney was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Cleveland, Ohio. During his early law career, he served as the assistant director of law for Cleveland from 1951 until 1954. He later served as a special to the Attorney General of Ohio from 1958 until 1962.
Sweeney was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Ohio in 1962 but was defeated in the general election that November.
Sweeney was elected as a Democrat in 1964 to an at-large seat to the United States House of Representatives. He served just one term, the Eighty-ninth Congress, January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967.
After Ohio switched to electing members of Congress by districts beginning in 1966, Sweeney decided to forgo a re-election bid and sought the Attorney General's office an additional time. As in 1962, he won the Democratic nomination but fell short in November. He then resumed the practice of law.
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