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21	Title:	Platforms of the two great political parties: 1932 and 1936
	Creator:	Brandon, Leroy D.
	Publication:	Gov. Print. Off, Washington,1936.
	Call #:	JK2255 B819
	Extent:	iv, p. 335-404. 14 x 7 cm
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) \| Political parties -- United States
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22	Title:	The Democratic party as it was and as it is!: Speech of Hon. Timothy C. Day, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1856
	Creator:	Day, Timothy C. (Timothy Crane), 1819-1869
	Publication:	Washington?,1856]
	Notes:	Caption title.
	Call #:	E435 D275
	Extent:	8 p. 25 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Campaign literature -- 1856 -- Republican Party \| Slavery -- United States -- Speeches in Congress
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23	Title:	Words of wisdom from War Democrats: letters of Hon. James Wadsworth, late senator from Erie County, and Hon. George Bancroft, the historian
	Creator:	Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel), 1807-1864
		Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
		Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
	Publication:	s.n, New York?,1862?]
	Notes:	Caption title.
	Call #:	E458.2 W124
	Extent:	8 p. ; 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 \| New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
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24	Title:	The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history of democracy in Ohio from 1803 to 1912, including democratic legislation in the state, the campaigns of a century, history of Democratic Conventions, the reverses and successes of the party, etc
	Creator:	Powell, Thomas Edward, 1842-
	Publication:	Ohio Pub. Co, Columbus, O.],c1913.
	Notes:	"And containing chapters by former Gov. James E. Campbell, Claude Meeker, H. A. Jameson and others." "Biographic sketches of all the Democratic Governors of Ohio, and leading democratic politicians." Library lacks v. 2.
	Call #:	F34EC D3P7
	Extent:	2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Democratic Party (Ohio) \| Ohio imprints 1913
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25	Title:	Democratic opinion: Leading Democratic papers on the Chicago Convention its platform and nominees. Editorial expression from 150 leading Democratic organs
	Publication:	s.n, S.l,1896?]
	Notes:	Cover title.
	Call #:	B 2216, no. 29
	Extent:	20 p. ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Campaign literature -- 1896 \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1893-1897
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26	Title:	The Democratic Party and the currency question: address
	Creator:	Kline, Virgil Philip1844-1917
	Publication:	Honest Money League, Cleveland,[1878?]
	Notes:	Cover title. LA3774-CMP Location: Campaign office.
	Call #:	LA3774-CMP
	Extent:	24 p. ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Currency question -- United States -- History \| Paper money -- United States -- History \| Greenbacks -- United States -- History
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27	Title:	Constitutional republicanism, in opposition to fallacious federalism: as published occasionally in the Independent chronicle, under the signature of Old-South. To which is prefixed, a prefatory address to the citizens of the United States, never before published
	Creator:	Austin, Benjamin, 1752-1820
	Publication:	Printed for Adams & Rhoades, editors of the Independent Chronicle, Boston,1803.
	Call #:	JK2317 1803 A9
	Extent:	327 p. 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Federal Party (U.S.) \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809 \| Imprints, Early American To 1820
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28	Title:	Wilson and the issues
	Creator:	Creel, George, 1876-1953
	Publication:	Century, New York,1916.
	Call #:	E766 C91
	Extent:	vi, 71 p. ; 19 cm.
	Subjects:	Wilson, Woodrow, -- 1856-1924 \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Campaign literature -- 1916 -- Democratic Party \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921
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29	Title:	Speech of Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York: delivered at the Cooper Institute, New York, July 18, 1860
	Creator:	Dickinson, Daniel S. (Daniel Stevens), 1800-1866
	Publication:	Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee, Washington City,1860
	Notes:	Title from caption.
	Call #:	E440 B829 no.6h
	Extent:	16 p. ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Campaign literature -- United States \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860 \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
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30	Title:	Speech of Hon. B.F. Hallett, of Mass., in Washington City, June 25, 1860: minority report of Mr. Stevens, of Oregon against the exclusion of the regular southern delegates at the Baltimore convention : Mr. Leach's protest
	Creator:	Hallett, Benjamin Franklin, 1797-1862
		Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
	Publication:	Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee, Washington City,1860.
	Notes:	Title from caption.
	Call #:	E440 B829 no.7
	Extent:	8 p. ; 24 cm.
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Campaign literature -- United States \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860 \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
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31	Title:	American progress, Judge Douglas, the presidency: speech of Mr. Marshall of California in the House of Representatives, March 11, 1852 in reply to the speech of Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky
	Creator:	Marshall, Edward Colston.
	Publication:	s.n, Washington? D.C,1852?]
	Notes:	Caption title.
	Call #:	B 9154, no. 178
	Extent:	8 p. ; 24 cm.
	Subjects:	Douglas, Stephen Arnold, -- 1813-1861 \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Democratic Party \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853
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32	Title:	Robert Johns Bulkley Papers, Series II
	Creator:	Bulkley, Robert Johns
	Dates:	1890-1941
	Abstract:	Robert Johns Bulkley (1880-1965) was a pprominent Cleveland, Ohio, banker, businessman, and lawyer who served as a Democratic congressman (1910-1914) and United States Senator (1930-1939) from Ohio. As a member of the Banking and Currency Committee, he helped frame the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. During World War I he served in the legal departments of the General Munitions Board, the War Industries Board, and the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. Bulkley was a loyal and staunch supporter of progressivism and the New Deal, and advocated the repeal of prohibition. He served as president and chairman of the board of the Morris Plan Bank of Ohio for over 30 years. The collection consists of biographical information on Bulkley, writings by Bulkley, correspondence, notes on correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings and releases, and miscellaneous material dealing primarily with the early period of Bulkley's Senate career and the early considerations of him as a candidate for the 1932 Democratic nomination for president. The material also deals with his service as chief legal officer for the General Munitions Board during World War I. Included is a scrapbook for the Hasty Pudding Club and a history of Society Bank, "Three score years and ten."
	Call #:	MS 4290
	Extent:	1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Bulkley, Robert Johns, 1880-1965. \| United States. General Munitions Board. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland -- History. \| Hasty Pudding Club. \| Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence. \| Prohibition -- Ohio -- History -- Sources. \| Presidential candidates -- United States. \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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33	Title:	Fellow Citizens
	Creator:	Naylor, Charles, 1806-1872
		District of Spring Garden, Fourth Ward
	Publication:
	Notes:	Notice calling voters to the polls for the United States presidential election in 1836 between Martin Van Buren (Democrat), William Henry Harrison (Whig) and other Whigs. Written by Whig party with bias against Van Buren and for Harrison. Title from salutation.
	Call #:	O.16
	Extent:	1 sheet ([1] page) ; 33 x 18 cm
	Subjects:	Harrison, William Henry, -- 1773-1841 \| Van Buren, Martin, -- 1782-1862 \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Whig Party (U.S.) \| Democracy -- United States \| Elections -- United States \| Liberalism -- United States \| Political campaigns -- United States \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1836 \| Voter turnout -- United States \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837 \| Broadsides
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34	Title:	Form of ballot (unofficial): Election, November 3, 1896 : Explanation, this is not an official ballot ; it is an illustration of the form of the state ballot under the election law of Ohio
	Creator:	United States President (1897-1901 : McKinley)
	Publication:
	Notes:	Sample ballot for Nov. 3, 1896 election listing presidential candidates Republican William McKinley, Democrat and People's William Jennings Bryan, Prohibition Joshua Levering, National Charles E. Bentley, Socialist Labor Chas H. Matchett, and National Democratic John M. Palmer. Also lists candidates for state, county, and township offices. Title from caption; additional title information from verso.
	Call #:	F.79
	Extent:	1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 61 x 46 cm
	Subjects:	Bryan, William Jennings, -- 1860-1925 \| McKinley, William, -- 1843-1901 \| Palmer, John M. -- (John McAuley), -- 1817-1900 \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Populist Party (U.S. : 1892-1908) \| Prohibition Party (U.S.) \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) \| Socialist Labor Party \| Ballot -- United States \| Elections -- United States \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1896 \| Voting -- United States \| United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century \| Broadsides
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35	Title:	Emily Newell Blair Family Papers
	Creator:	Blair, Emily Newell Family
	Dates:	1785-1972
	Abstract:	Emily Newell Blair was a suffragist, feminist, Democratic Party official, mother and writer. During World War I she worked in the press department of the Missouri Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, eventually becoming vice chair. Representing Missouri on the Democratic National Committee, Blair was chosen national vice chair responsible for organizing women voters and women's activities, and eventually rose to first vice president, organized 2,000 plus Democratic women's clubs, and helped found the Woman's National Democratic Club. In 1935, she was appointed to the Consumers' Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration, and, in 1942, was appointed chief of the Women's Interest Section of the War Department's Public Relations Bureau. Her husband, Harry Wallace Blair, was U.S. Assistant Attorney General in the Land Div. of the Justice Dept. in the 1930s and later served with the President's Loyalty Review Board. The collection consists of personal, professional and family correspondence, published and unpublished writings by and about Emily Blair, diaries, speeches, personal and family memorabilia, and clippings. Series I and II form the bulk of the collection, Series II being largely Emily Blair's personal writings, such as diaries, speeches, published articles, typescripts of fiction and non-fiction, and typescripts of her autobiography. Blair family material consists of the papers of Harry Wallace Blair (husband), Harriet Blair Forsythe (daughter), James Patton and Anna Gray Newell (parents), and her McDowell family ancestors of Pennsylvania, particularly the correspondence of Alexander McDowell. The collection is useful for researching the history of women and the family in the early 20th century, the issues of feminism and women's suffrage, and the emergence of women as politicians within the Democratic Party. Notable correspondents include Cordell Hull, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. McDowell family materials chronicle pioneer life on the 18th-century Pennsylvania frontier.
	Call #:	MS 4342
	Extent:	7.50 linear feet (18 containers and 1 oversize folder)
	Subjects:	Blair, Emily Newell, b. 1877 -- Archives. \| Blair family. \| Newell family. \| McDowell family. \| United States. Council of National Defense. Woman's Committee. \| Democratic National Committee (U.S.) \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Feminists -- United States -- Archives. \| Authors, American -- United States -- Archives. \| Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Women in politics -- United States. \| Women -- Suffrage -- United States. \| Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs. \| Journalism, Consumer -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Venango County. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929.
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36	Title:	The Two roads to peace!: How shall we end the rebellion--shall we coax it, or crush it? Every American citizen wants the Rebellion ended and peace restored. Two plans have been proposed for doing it: one, by a convention which met at Baltimore June 7; the other, by the convention which met at Chicago, August 30. Read and compare the two
	Creator:	Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
		Democratic Party (U.S.)
		National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
		National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
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	Notes:	Campaign circular published by the Republican Party's national committee, listing resolutions of "The Chicago platform" and "The Baltimore platform," followed by seven numbered "points of contrast." "Fellow-citizens! These are plain and practical issues: study them well ... If we surrender to the Rebellion, the Union is gone forever. If we fight the rebels a little longer, it is safe forever. If we give them to understand, in November next, that the only road to peace lies through the victory of the national arms, the contest is over! The election of Lincoln and Johnson is the death-knell of the Rebellion!!" Printed area measures 27.2 x 19.7 cm.
	Call #:	O.4
	Extent:	1 sheet ([1] page) ; 31 x 24 cm
	Subjects:	Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Platforms \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Platforms \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) \| American Civil War (1861-1865) \| Political parties -- United States -- Platforms \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864 \| Elections -- United States \| Elections \| Peace \| Political parties \| Politics and government \| Presidents Election \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace \| United States \| History \| Political platforms \| Campaign literature 1864 Republican \| Broadsides
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37	Title:	Sample ballot: How to vote the progressive ticket!
	Creator:	Allied Printing Trades Council (Cleveland, Oh.)
		Jontzen Printing Company (Cleveland, Oh.)
	Publication:
	Notes:	Sample ballot for Nov. 5, 1912 election listing presidential candidates Republican William H. Taft, Democrat Woodrow Wilson, Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin, Socialist Eugene V. Debs, and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt. Also lists candidates for state, county, and township offices. "To vote the Progressive ticket put your x in the circle as indicated above."
	Call #:	F.132
	Extent:	1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 68 x 27 cm
	Subjects:	Chafin, Eugene W. -- (Eugene Wilder), -- 1852-1920 \| Debs, Eugene V. -- (Eugene Victor), -- 1855-1926 \| Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919 \| Taft, William H. -- (William Howard), -- 1857-1930 \| Wilson, Woodrow, -- 1856-1924 \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Prohibition Party (U.S.) \| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) \| Socialist Labor Party \| Ballot -- United States \| Voting -- United States \| Elections -- United States \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1912 \| United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century \| Broadsides
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38	Title:	Emily Newell Blair family papers, 1785-1972
	Creator:	Blair, Emily Newell, b. 1877
		Blair, Harry W. (Harry Wallace), 1879-
		Forsythe, Harriet Blair.
		McDowell, Alexander, 1760-1816
		Newell, James Patton.
		Newell, Anna Gray.
		Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
		Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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	Call #:	MS. 4342
	Extent:	17 rolls of microfilm.
	Subjects:	Blair, Emily Newell, -- b. 1877 -- Archives \| Blair family \| Newell family \| McDowell family \| United States. -- Council of National Defense. -- Woman's Committee \| Democratic National Committee (U.S.) \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Feminists -- United States -- Archives \| Authors, American -- United States -- Archives \| Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources \| Women in politics -- United States \| Women -- Suffrage -- United States \| Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs \| Journalism, Consumer -- United States -- History -- Sources \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932 \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Venango County \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929 \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933
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39	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 1
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1972-1976
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the U.S. Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	52.80 linear feet (54 containers)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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40	Title:	Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 2
	Creator:	Metzenbaum, Howard M.
	Dates:	1928-1995
	Abstract:	Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the United States Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts.
	Call #:	MS 5031
	Extent:	406.5 linear feet (485 containers, 3 oversize folders, and 103 oversize volumes)
	Subjects:	Metzenbaum, Howard M. \| Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. \| Celeste, Richard F. \| Glenn, John, 1921- \| Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- \| Voinovich, George V., 1936- \| United States. Congress. Senate. \| Democratic Party (U.S.) \| Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish legislators -- Ohio. \| Legislators -- Ohio. \| Political campaigns -- United States. \| Political campaigns -- Ohio. \| Consumer protection -- United States. \| Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Employee rights -- United States. \| Labor laws and legislation -- United States. \| Gun control -- United States. \| Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Energy policy -- United States. \| Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. \| Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. \| Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Public works -- Ohio. \| Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. \| Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. \| Environmental protection -- United States. \| Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. \| Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. \| Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. \| Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. \| United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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