Subject | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | [X] | | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Saint Lawrence Seaway. |
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| | • | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. |
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| | • | Walter, Paul W., 1907-1992. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Daniel Edgar Morgan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Morgan, Daniel Edgar | | | | Dates: | 1917-1949 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Edgar Morgan (1877-1949) was an Ohio State senator (1929-30), Cleveland city manager (1930-32), politician, and jurist. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, legal papers and documents, reports and memoranda on civic, municipal, and national affairs, scrapbooks of clippings, pamphlets, and other material on social and international questions, the Republican Party in Cleveland and Ohio, Morgan's interest in civic organizations, his term in the Ohio State Senate, the city managership of Cleveland, political campaigns for himself and Harold H. Burton, his law practice and activities in wartime agencies, and his service on the Ohio Court of Appeals. | | | | Call #: | MS 3069 | | | | Extent: | 19.60 linear feet (37 containers and 17 scrapbooks) | | | | Subjects: | Court records -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City managers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Municipal government by city manager -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elections -- Ohio. | Elections -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Elections -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Paul W. Walter Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walter, Paul W. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Paul W. Walter (1907-1992) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer who served as campaign manager for Harold Burton's mayoral and senatorial campaigns and Robert A. Taft's senatorial and presidential campaigns. He was also active in Cleveland civic and social welfare organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, news releases, speeches, financial records, lists, schedules, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, photographs and other miscellaneous records relating to the political activities of Paul Walter, Harold Burton and Robert Taft. | | | | Call #: | MS 3302 | | | | Extent: | 44.20 linear feet (105 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Walter, Paul W., 1907-1992. | Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. | Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. | Elections -- Ohio. | Elections -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Anthony J. Celebrezze Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998) was an Ohio state senator (1950-1953), mayor of Cleveland (1953-1962), Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-1965), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (1965-1980). The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, honorary certificates and resolutions, publications, speeches, and scrapbooks, covering Celebrezze's political and judicial career, and relating to Cleveland's budgetary, city planning, civil defense, public transportation and urban renewal issues during the 1950s and 1960s, and to the anti-poverty, civil rights, education, and health insurance programs of Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Includes correspondence of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Frank Lausche, Stephen M. Young, Michael DiSalle, Thomas Burke, Jack P. Russell, and Ralph Locher. | | | | Call #: | MS 4046 | | | | Extent: | 24.51 linear feet (22 containers, 23 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998 | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Civil defense. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Public works. | Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Transit systems. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Social policy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Thomas Saxton Ireland Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ireland, Thomas Saxton | | | | Dates: | 1879-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Thomas Saxton Ireland (1895-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, politician, lawyer and writer who ran as a conservative Republican candidate for the office of mayor of Cleveland, 1959, as well as numerous other political offices. He was a correspondent for the Plain dealer and several other newspapers and authored a number of books, including several on the Saint Lawrence Seaway and one on the Sam Sheppard murder case. The collection consists of materials relating to Ireland's many political campaigns, manuscripts of published and unpublished books, correspondence, drafts of newspaper articles, scrapbooks, genealogical materials relating to his family, various certificates and personal miscellany. The collection is useful for understanding Ireland's ardent advocacy of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, his mayoral campaign and other political activities, and his attitudes as a conservative Republican in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included are some materials which reflect the rampant anti-communist sentiment of the period. | | | | Call #: | MS 4312 | | | | Extent: | 5.61 linear feet (14 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ireland, Thomas Saxton, 1895-1969. | Sheppard, Sam | Ireland family. | Holland family. | Republican Party (Ohio) | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Conservatism -- United States. | Anti-communist movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Children -- Employment -- United States. | Eastern question (Far East) | Cold War. | Saint Lawrence Seaway. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | United States -- Social policy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | 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. 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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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | 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. 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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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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | 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. 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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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