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William B. Saxbe

Held 7 offices on file, 1953-1976.

About William B. Saxbe

Written from the offices on file here and the facts Wikidata holds (the Wikidata item).

William B. Saxbe (1916-2010) was born in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and is on record as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives (1953-1955), Ohio Attorney General (1957-1959 and 1963-1969), a United States senator (1969-1974), United States Attorney General (1974-1975), United States Ambassador to India (1975-1976) and an Ohio state representative.

William B. Saxbe studied at Ohio State University. William B. Saxbe's occupation on record: lawyer. William B. Saxbe died in Mechanicsburg, Ohio in 2010, aged 94.

Offices held

Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.

YearsOfficePartyNotesSource
1953 to 1955 Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Followed Gordon Renner. Followed by Roger Ellwood Cloud. wikidata.org
1957 to 1959 Ohio Attorney General Republican naag.org
1963 to 1969 Ohio Attorney General Followed Mark McElroy. Followed by Paul W. Brown. wikidata.org
1969 to 1974 United States senator Republican bioguide.congress.gov
1971 to 1974 United States senator, Ohio Class 3 senate seat 2 terms. wikidata.org
1974 to 1975 United States Attorney General Followed Elliot Richardson. Followed by Edward H. Levi. wikidata.org
1975 to 1976 United States Ambassador to India Followed Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Followed by Robert F. Goheen. wikidata.org
dates not on file Ohio state representative wikidata.org
dates not on file Ambassador wikidata.org

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