PORTMAN, Robert Jones (Rob), A Senator and a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 19, 1955; graduated from the Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio; graduated Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., B.A., 1979; graduated University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, Mich., J.D., 1984; associate counsel to President George H. W. Bush 1989; deputy assistant and director, Office of Legislative Affairs, White House Office 1989-1991; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Willis D. Gradison, Jr.; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses until his resignation on April 29, 2005 (May 4, 1993-April 29, 2005); U.S. Trade Representative, in the cabinet of President George W. Bush 2005-2006; Director, Office of Management and Budget, in the cabinet of President George W. Bush 2006-2007; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2010; reelected in 2016, and served from January 3, 2011, to January 3, 2023; was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2022.
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[ Top ]Portman, Robert J. "Addicted to Failure." Policy Review 79 (September/October 1996): 56-58.
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