Donald J. Pease (September 26, 1932 - July 28, 2002) served eight terms as Representative to U.S. Congress from Ohio's 13th District, an area in northeast Ohio.

Education and Early Life

Pease was born in Toledo, Ohio. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, supporting himself through college by working summers as a laborer at a Toledo oil refinery. Pease was president of the student body, edited the student newspaper (The Post) and was a student reporter for the Athens Messenger. He graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor's Degree in journalism in 1953. He earned a Master's Degree in government from Ohio University in 1955 and completed graduate work as a Fulbright Scholar in England. Nickname: The Glass City Location in the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Lucas Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D) Area    - City 217. ... Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ...

After serving two years in the U.S. Army (1955-1957), Pease moved to Oberlin, Ohio. Pease became editor and co-publisher of the weekly local newspaper, Oberlin News-Tribune. He was a member of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE), winning ISWNE's Golden Quill Award for editorial writing in 1962 and serving as president of the Society in 1965. Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, to the south and west of Cleveland. ...

Political Career

His political career began with his election to the Oberlin City Council in 1961.

He served in the Ohio Senate from 1965 to 1967. Redistricting contributed to his defeat in the 1966 election ^{[citation needed]}, but in 1968 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1969 to 1975. In 1974, he was again elected to the Ohio Senate, where he served from 1975 to 1977. The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohios bicameral legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives. ... The process known as redistricting in the United States and redistribution in many Commonwealth countries is the changing of political borders (in many countries, specifically the electoral district/constituency boundaries) usually in response to periodic census results. ...

Early in his career, Pease established a reputation for honesty and integrity, which he maintained throughout his political career. Pease was a member of the Democratic Party and was regarded as a liberal (supporting workers' rights, emphasizing education, and other liberal causes), but he was well respected as a reasonable and ethical individual, even by his conservative colleagues, who saw him as a "straight arrow."

In 1976, Pease was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (95th Congress). He served eight terms in Congress, easily winning all eight elections in the heavily Democratic Ohio 13th district. The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...

Later life

Pease decided not run for re-election in 1992. After leaving Congress, he taught as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Politics at Oberlin College and was also appointed by President Clinton to the Amtrak Board of Directors, where he served five years. Oberlin College is a small, selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ...

Pease married Jeanne Camille Wendt August 29, 1953. One daughter, Jennifer, was born August 30, 1964.

Pease died in Oberlin, Ohio, July 28, 2002.

External links

• Congressional Biography