Sherrod Brown
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United States Senator from Ohio |
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Assumed office January 3, 2007 Serving with Rob Portman |
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| Preceded by | Mike DeWine |
| Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Crapo |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Don Pease |
| Succeeded by | Betty Sutton |
| 47th Secretary of State of Ohio | |
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In office January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1991 |
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| Governor | Dick Celeste |
| Preceded by | Tony Celebrezze |
| Succeeded by | Bob Taft |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 61st district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – December 31, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Joan Douglass |
| Succeeded by | Frank Sawyer |
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Sherrod Campbell Brown November 9, 1952 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Larke Ummel (Divorced 1987) Connie Schultz |
| Children | 4 |
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Yale University (BA) Ohio State University (MA, MPA) |
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| Website | Senate website |
Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Ohio, in office since January 3, 2007. 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 as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1974–1982).
Brown defeated two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in the 2006 Senate election and was re-elected in 2012, defeating state Treasurer Josh Mandel. In the Senate, he was chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms and the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, and is also a member of the Committee on Finance, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Select Committee on Ethics. Beginning in January 2015 at the start of the 114th Congress, Brown became the Ranking Democratic Member on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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