Sherrod Brown : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

November 9, 1952(age 63)

Place of birth

Mansfield, Ohio

Political party

Democratic

Spouse

Larke Ummel Brown (div. 1987)
Connie Schultz

Children

Emily Brown
Elizabeth Brown

Residence

Avon, Ohio

Alma mater

Yale University (B.A.)
Ohio State University (M.P.A./M.A.)

Occupation

Teacher

Religion

Lutheran - ELCA

Assumed office

January 3, 2007

Serving with Rob Portman

Preceded by

Mike DeWine

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district

In office

January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2007

Succeeded by

Betty Sutton

Preceded by

Don Pease

47th Ohio Secretary of State

In office

1983 - 1991

Governor

Dick Celeste

Succeeded by

Bob Taft

Preceded by

Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr.

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Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. 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 Ohio Secretary of State (1983 � 1991) and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1974 � 1982).

Brown defeated two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in the 2006 U.S. Senate election. In the U.S. Senate, he is 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 Appropriations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Select Committee on Ethics.