Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748,it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S.,the second-most populous city in the Midwest,after Chicago,and the third-most populous state capital. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County;it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. It is the core city of the Columbus metropolitan area,which encompasses 10 counties in central Ohio. The metropolitan area had a population of 2,138,926 in 2020,making it the largest entirely in Ohio and 32nd-largest in the U.S.
Medina is a city in and the county seat of Medina County,Ohio,United States. The population was 26,094 at the 2020 Census. It lies about 33 miles (53 km) south of Cleveland and 23 miles (37 km) west of Akron within the Cleveland metropolitan area.
Dublin is a city in Franklin,Delaware and Union counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 49,328 in the 2020 census with a census estimate of 49,037 in 2019. Dublin is a suburb of Columbus. The city of Dublin hosts the yearly Memorial Tournament at the Muirfield Village Golf Club. The Dublin Irish Festival advertises itself as the largest three-day Irish festival in the world.
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co.,he was the driving force behind the wave of industrial consolidation in the United States spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate is an interest-rate average calculated from estimates submitted by the leading banks in London. Each bank estimates what it would be charged were it to borrow from other banks. The resulting average rate is usually abbreviated to Libor or LIBOR,or more officially to ICE LIBOR. It was formerly known as BBA Libor(for British Bankers' Association Libor or the trademark bba libor) before the responsibility for the administration was transferred to Intercontinental Exchange. It is the primary benchmark,along with the Euribor,for short-term interest rates around the world. Libor was phased out at the end of 2021,and market participants are being encouraged to transition to risk-free interest rates.
Daniel Richard Crissinger was an American banker and lawyer who served as the 3rd chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1923 to 1927. Crissinger previously served as the 14th comptroller of the Currency from 1921 to 1923.
Major Robert Odell Owens was an American politician and librarian who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007,representing the New York's 11th and then 12th Congressional district. He was first elected to replace retiring Representative Shirley Chisholm. Owens shepherded the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 through the House. He retired at the end of his term in January 2007 and was succeeded by Yvette Clarke.
Milton Albert Wolf was an American diplomat,investment banker and real estate developer from Cleveland,Ohio.
Mark Allan Isherwood is a Welsh Conservative Party politician,who has served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the North Wales region since 2003. He is the son of Liberal Democrat politician Rodney Isherwood.
The American Bankers Association (ABA) is a Washington,D.C.-based trade association for the U.S. banking industry,founded in 1875. They lobby for banks of all sizes and charters,including community banks,regional and money center banks,savings associations,mutual savings banks,and trust companies. The average member bank having approximately $250 million in assets. ABA is considered the largest financial trade group in the United States.
The Pittsburgh Agreement was a memorandum of understanding completed on 31 May 1918 between members of Czech and Slovak expatriate communities in the United States of America. It is named for the city of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,where the agreement was made. The agreement prescribed the intent of the cosignatories to create an independent Czechoslovakia. This was achieved on 18 October 1918,when the primary author of the agreement,TomášGarrigue Masaryk,declared the independence of Czechoslovakia. Masaryk was elected the first president of Czechoslovakia in November,1918.
Silas A. Conrad was an American politician who served as the 19th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1887 to 1888 under Governor Joseph B. Foraker. He previously served as president of the Ohio State Senate.
Earl D. Bloom was an American politician who served as the 35th,37th and 39th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1917 to 1919,1923 to 1925,and 1927 to 1928.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown won re-election to a second term,defeating Republican Josh Mandel,the Ohio State Treasurer. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary and Mandel won the Republican primary with 63% of the vote.
Howard Ross Ake was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate,appointed as Ohio State Treasurer,and ran unsuccessfully for Congress.
Oscar H. Banker was an Armenian American inventor who patented a number of works,including an automatic transmission for automobiles,the needleless inoculation gun,the primary controls of the first Sikorsky helicopter,and power steering. He is considered by some as the "father of automatic transmission." He is accredited as the inventor of the first practical automatic transmission,though Alfred Horner Munro of Canada patented an automatic transmission 14 years before Banker.
Marvin Duane Nellis is an American educator,university administrator,and 21st president of Ohio University in Athens. He was previously the president of Texas Tech University and the University of Idaho. Nellis previously served as provost and senior vice president at Kansas State University,and dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Science at West Virginia University.
Matthew H. ("Matt") Williams is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014,he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature,representing a district in the south central part of the state. Williams is a member of the Republican Party.
Steve Wilson is the state senator for the 7th District of the Ohio Senate. He is a Republican. The district covers Warren County,a portion of Butler County including half of Middletown and a portion of Hamilton County including Indian Hill and parts of Cincinnati and Loveland.
Shawn Stevens is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 68th district. He assumed office on March 9,2022.
