Bob McEwen

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Bob McEwen (2010)

Robert D. "Bob" McEwen (born January 12, 1950 in Hillsboro , Highland County , Ohio ) is an American politician . Between 1981 and 1993 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bob McEwen attended his home public schools and Hillsboro High School . He then studied at the University of Miami in Florida until 1972 . He then became Vice President of Boebinger Inc. , a real estate company owned by his wife Elizabeth's family, for two years . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1974 and 1980 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives .

In the 1980 congressional election , McEwen was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Bill Harsha on January 3, 1981 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 . There he was temporarily a member of the Public Works Committee, the Transport Committee and the Veterans Committee. He was considered a Conservative MP who advocated strengthening the military. He also campaigned for the improvement of the infrastructure in his constituency. McEwen was a staunch opponent of communism . In 1991 he traveled to Tbilisi , Georgia , where he personally participated in the destruction of the communist hammer-and-sickle symbols. He also campaigned for a committee of inquiry to investigate the fate of American prisoners of war and missing persons from the Vietnam War . In 1987, Bob McEwen toyed with the idea of ​​running for the US Senate , which he rejected again. In the early 1990s, he became involved in the so-called house banking scandal. That was one of the reasons he was voted out of office in 1992.

After his time in the US House of Representatives ended, McEwen worked as a lobbyist and advisor in Washington. He also gave political lectures. In 2006 he became an advisor to a law firm. In the presidential election of 2004, he campaigned for President George W. Bush . In 2006 he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the congressional elections. He has four children with his wife Elizabeth.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Library of Congress: To establish a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs

Web links

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