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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; was a resident
of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, until his death on August 24, 2010.
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; Saxbe, William B.
Ive Seen the Elephant: An Autobiography. Kent, Ohio: Kent
State University Press, 2000.
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