Donald J. (Don) Pease (September 26, 1932–July 28, 2002) served eight terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th District, an area in northeast Ohio. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. He was a Democrat. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
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Education and early life
Pease was born in Toledo, Ohio. This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, supporting himself through college by working summers as a laborer at a Toledo oil refinery. Ohio University is a public university located in Athens Ohio that is situated on a 1800 acre (7 Pease was president of the student body, edited the student newspaper (The Post) and was a student reporter for the Athens Messenger. He graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor's Degree in journalism in 1953. He earned a Master's Degree in government from Ohio University in 1955 and completed graduate work as a Fulbright Scholar in England. The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars educators graduate
After serving two years in the U. S. Army from 1955 to 1957, Pease moved to Oberlin, Ohio. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. Pease became editor and co-publisher of the weekly local newspaper, Oberlin News-Tribune. He was a member of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE), winning ISWNE's Golden Quill Award for editorial writing in 1962 and serving as president of the Society in 1965.
Political career
Pease's political career began with his election to the Oberlin City Council in 1961. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He served in the Ohio Senate from 1965 to 1967. The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio 's Bicameral Legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Redistricting contributed to his defeat in the 1966 election, but in 1968 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1969 to 1975. Redistricting, a form of redistribution, is the process of changing of political Borders in the United States The Ohio House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1974, he was again elected to the Ohio Senate, where he served from 1975 to 1977. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio 's Bicameral Legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays
Early in his career, Pease established a reputation for honesty and integrity, which he maintained throughout his political career. Pease was a member of the Democratic Party and was regarded as a liberal (supporting workers' rights, emphasizing education, and other liberal causes), but he was well respected as a reasonable and ethical individual, even by his conservative colleagues, who saw him as a "straight arrow. "
In 1976, Pease was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (95th Congress). Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. He served eight terms in Congress, easily winning all eight elections in the heavily Democratic Ohio 13th district.
Later life
Pease decided not run for re-election in 1992. After leaving Congress, he taught as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Politics at Oberlin College and was also appointed by President Clinton to the Amtrak Board of Directors, where he served five years. Oberlin College is a private Liberal arts college in Oberlin Ohio.
Pease married Jeanne Camille Wendt August 29, 1953. One daughter, Jennifer, was born August 30, 1964.
Pease died in Oberlin, Ohio, July 28, 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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| Preceded by Charles Adams Mosher |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th congressional district 1977–1993 |
Succeeded by Sherrod Brown |
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