Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown
Official portrait, 2021
United States Senator
from Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2007
Serving with JD Vance
Preceded byMike DeWine
Chair of the Senate Banking Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 3, 2021
Preceded byMike Crapo
Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – February 3, 2021
Preceded byMike Crapo
Succeeded byPat Toomey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 13th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byDon Pease
Succeeded byBetty Sutton
46th Secretary of State of Ohio
In office
January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1991
GovernorDick Celeste
Preceded byAnthony J. Celebrezze Jr.
Succeeded byBob Taft
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 61st district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983
Preceded byJoan Douglass
Succeeded byFrank Sawyer
Personal details
Born
Sherrod Campbell Brown

(1952-11-09) November 9, 1952 (age 72)
Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Larke Ummel
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(m. 1979; div. 1987)​
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(m. 2004)​
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Children2
RelativesCharlie Brown (brother)
Residence(s)Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
Ohio State University (MA, MPA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • teacher
  • author
Signature
WebsiteSenate website
Campaign website
Sherrod Brown's voice
Sherrod Brown on his support for the nomination of Lisa D. Cook as Federal Reserve Governor
Recorded May 10, 2022

Sherrod Campbell Brown (/ˈʃɛrəd/ SHERR-əd; born November 9, 1952) is an American politician serving since 2007 as the senior United States senator from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007 and the 47th secretary of state of Ohio from 1983 to 1991. He started his political career in 1975 as a state representative.

Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, defeating two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine. He was reelected in 2012 and 2018. Throughout his tenure, Brown has chaired the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and served on the Committees on Finance, Veterans' Affairs, and Ethics. He ran for reelection in 2024, but was defeated by Republican nominee and businessman Bernie Moreno.

Brown is widely regarded as a liberal, progressive, and populist figure within the Democratic Party.[2][3]

  1. ^ Schultz, Connie (July 15, 2014). "Why I Came Home to Cleveland". Politico. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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