Charlie Wilson (politician, 1943)

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Charlie Wilson

Charles Adolph "Charlie" Wilson, Jr. (* 18 January 1943 in Martins Ferry , Belmont County , Ohio ; † 14. April 2013 in Boynton Beach , Florida ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . From 2007 to 2011 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the sixth  congressional district of the state of Ohio.

biography

Charlie Wilson graduated from Ohio University . He also attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science , a college for undertakers in Cincinnati . Until his election to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1997, he worked as an undertaker. Until 2004 he sat in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was then a member of the Ohio Senate until his election to the US House of Representatives .

From 2007 to 2011, Wilson represented Ohio's 6th Congressional District in the House. He succeeded Ted Strickland, elected governor of Ohio . He was able to defend his seat in the 2008 election. In the 2010 election , he lost his seat to Republican Bill Johnson . Most recently he sat on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science and Technology . While at the House, he was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition .

Charlie Wilson lived in St. Clairsville . He was a Roman Catholic father of four sons. In February 2013 he suffered a stroke, of which he died on April 14, 2013 in a hospital in Florida. His son Jason is his immediate successor in the Ohio Senate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the last elections on rollcall.com (English) ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rollcall.com
  2. ↑ Ellen Jan Kleinerman: Former US Rep. Charlie Wilson, 70, dies from stroke complications . Published on cleveland.com on April 14, 2013, accessed April 15, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Charles A. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Martins Ferry , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2013
Place of death Boynton Beach , Florida