Sherrod Brown

Democrat senior Senator of Ohio

Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 5, 1993 - January 3, 1995
Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 4, 1995 - January 3, 1997
Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 7, 1997 - January 3, 1999
Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 6, 1999 - January 3, 2001
Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2003
Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 7, 2003 - January 3, 2005
Representative
Ohio, district 13
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Senator
Ohio
January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2013
Senator
Ohio
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2019
Senator
Ohio
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2025

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January 1, 1952 (72 years old)

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Senior United States senator since 2007
Former U.S. representative for Ohio’s 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007
Served as the 47th secretary of state of Ohio from 1983 to 1991
Began political career in 1975 as a state representative
Defeated two-term Republican incumbent in the 2006 U.S. Senate election
Reelected in 2012 and 2018
Chair of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms and the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy
Member of the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Select Committee on Ethics
Became the ranking Democratic member on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in 2015
Became chair of the Banking Committee in 2021
Became Ohio’s senior U.S. senator after the retirement of George Voinovich in 2011
Only Democratic statewide elected official in Ohio since 2011, with the exception of some Democratic-affiliated Ohio Supreme Court justices
Considered a liberal, progressive, and populist Democrat
Born in Mansfield, Ohio
Became an Eagle Scout in 1967
Graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1970
Received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian studies from Yale University in 1974
Received a Master of Arts degree in education and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Ohio State University
Taught at Ohio State University’s Mansfield branch campus from 1979 to 1981
Advocated for increased funding to fight tuberculosis and led efforts to block the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
Opposed an amendment to Ohio’s constitution that banned same-sex marriage and voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996
Critic of free trade and has taken progressive stances on financial issues
Proposed a bill for immediate paid sick days for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Voted to remove President Donald Trump from office after his first impeachment
Introduced the Charter School Accountability Act of 2015
Supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and co-sponsored the single-payer Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act
Voted against prohibiting same-sex couples from adopting children in Washington D.C. and has a pro-gay rights stance
Introduced the Gold Star Fathers Act of 2014 and legislation to give military veterans priority in scheduling classes in colleges
Urged investigation into possible tax avoidance and misconduct associated with the Panama Papers
Sponsored legislation to require corporate political action committees to disclose their donors
Criticized free trade with China and other countries, and has argued against free trade on the grounds that it harms the U.S. economy
Opposed the Iraq War and voted against the Iraq Resolution
Criticized the political influence of gun manufacturers and supported gun control measures
Co-sponsored a bill to restrict ISIS’s financing and supported measures to prevent terrorism