Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Metzenbaum, Howard M.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameHoward M. Metzenbaum
Address
Lyndhurst, Ohio , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born June 04, 1917
DiedMarch 12, 2008 (90 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedRBH
Mar 25, 2023 03:49pm
Tags Judaism -
InfoMETZENBAUM, Howard Morton, a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 4, 1917; graduated, Ohio State University, Columbus 1939; graduated, Ohio State University School of Law 1941; admitted to the Ohio bar in 1941 and commenced practice in Cleveland; member, Ohio house of representatives 1943-1947; member, Ohio senate 1947-1951; campaign manager for United States Senator Stephen M. Young 1958, 1964; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate 1970; chairman of a group of suburban weeklies in the Cleveland area; appointed by the Governor, January 4, 1974, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William B. Saxbe and served from January 4, 1974, until his resignation December 23, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1974; resumed the practice of law; elected on November 2, 1976, to the United States Senate for the term commencing January 3, 1977; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Taft, Jr. for the term ending January 3, 1983; reelected in 1982 and 1988 and served from December 29, 1976, to January 3, 1995; was not a candidate for reelection in 1994; chairman, Consumer Federation of America (1995-2008); died in Aventura, Florida, on March 12, 2008; interment in Mayfield Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Mar 12, 2008 11:05pm Obituary Former Sen. Howard Metzenbaum dead at 90  Article COSDem 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.00000 Average

FAMILY
Daughter Susan Metzenbaum 0000-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/08/1988 OH US Senate Won 56.97% (+13.95%)
  05/03/1988 OH US Senate- D Primary Won 83.57% (+67.15%)
  11/02/1982 OH US Senate Won 56.66% (+15.52%)
  06/08/1982 OH US Senate - D Primary Won 82.70% (+65.39%)
  12/29/1976 OH US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1976 OH US Senate Won 49.51% (+2.99%)
  06/08/1976 OH US Senate - D Primary Won 53.58% (+16.33%)
  05/07/1974 OH US Senate - D Primary Lost 45.64% (-8.72%)
  01/04/1974 OH US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 OH US Senate Lost 47.45% (-2.23%)
  05/05/1970 OH US Senate - D Primary Won 46.32% (+1.45%)
ENDORSEMENTS
OH US President - D Primary - Mar 02, 2004 D Howard Dean
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 D Stephen G. Breyer
US Ambassador to Switzerland - Feb 09, 1994 NPA Reject
U.S. Surgeon General - Sep 07, 1993 D M. Joycelyn Elders
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 03, 1993 D Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 R David Souter
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 R Anthony M. Kennedy
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R Antonin Scalia
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jul 28, 1983 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to Chile - Mar 02, 1982 NPA Reject
U.S. Surgeon General - Nov 16, 1981 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to Romania - Oct 02, 1981 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
US Secretary of the Interior - Jan 22, 1981 NPA Reject
OH US President - D Primary - Jun 03, 1980 D Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject