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PORTMAN, Robert Jones, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 19, 1955; graduated from the Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1979; J.D., University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1984; associate counsel to President George 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 of George W. Bush, 2005-2006; Director, Office of Management and Budget, in the cabinet of President George W. Bush, 2006-2007.