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Senate Years of Service: 1969-1974 Party: Republican
SAXBE, William Bart, a Senator from Ohio; born in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, June 24,
1916; attended the public schools in Mechanicsburg; enlisted in Ohio National Guard 1937; active
military duty, Second World War 1940-1945, and Korean conflict 1951-1952; graduated from Ohio
State University in 1940 and from that universitys law school in 1948; admitted to the bar in 1948 and
commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio; member, Ohio State house of representatives 1947-1954;
Ohio attorney general 1957-1958, 1963-1968; chairman, Ohio Crime Commission 1967-1968;
elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1968, and served from January 3, 1969, until
his resignation January 3, 1974, to become Attorney General of the United States from January 4,
1974, to February 2, 1975; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India 1975-1977;
resumed the practice of law; is a resident of Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
BibliographyPollitt, Daniel H. Senator/Attorney-General Saxbe and
the Ineligiblity Clause of the Constitution: An Encroachment Upon Separation of Powers. North Carolina Law Review 53 (1974-1975): 111-33; Saxbe, William B. Seems
Like Yesterday. n.p., 1975.
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