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A political family is a family in which multiple members are involved in politics —particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
Mary Ellen Hinamon Withrow is an American activist and former politician who served as the 40th Treasurer of the United States from March 1,1994 to January 20,2001 under President Bill Clinton.
Nancy Elizabeth Hollister is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and,to date,only female governor of Ohio,serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University,and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Rhine Lana McLin is an American Democratic politician from Ohio who served as the 54th mayor of Dayton,Ohio from 2002 to 2010. McLin previously served as a member of both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly.
Charles John Luken is an American politician of the Democratic party who was mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio,and served in the Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Luken,who is divorced,has three children. When Luken left office at the end of 2005,he was the longest serving mayor in Cincinnati's history with 12 years and one month of service in that role.
Roxanne Qualls is an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio. She also served a two-year term on the Cincinnati City Council prior to her service as mayor,having been elected in 1991. On August 8,2007,the Charter Committee announced her appointment to fill the unexpired term of council member Jim Tarbell. Qualls was elected to a two-year term on Cincinnati City Council in November 2007,and again in 2009 and 2011. She served as Vice Mayor,the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee,chair of the Livable Communities Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects.
Mary Rose Oakar is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio,serving from 1977 to 1993. She was the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state. Oakar was also the first woman of Arab-American ancestry to serve in Congress. Oakar later served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education.
Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli is an American political scientist who also served in the Department of State. In 2006,she was appointed as the first Ambassador for women's empowerment by the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as well as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on United Nations Reform. She was sworn in as the First American Muslim Ambassador in July 1990. Dr. Tahir-Kheli was the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy,Human Rights and International Operations at the White House National Security Council,from 2003-2005. She has served three Republican presidential administrations since 1980.
Daniel R. Brady of Cleveland,Ohio,is an American politician of the Democratic party. Brady holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Ohio University. An early staff member of Ohio Citizen Action,Brady was a member of the Cleveland City Council from 1986 to 1996. Brady was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1996 and served one term. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1998. In 2001,he was elected Senate minority whip by the Democratic caucus. In 2010 he was elected to the inaugural Cuyahoga County Council representing the 3rd District on Cleveland's near west side.
Ohio's 11th congressional district encompasses portions of Cuyahoga County in the Northeast part of the state—including all of Cleveland. It has been represented by Shontel Brown since 2021.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Angela Felicity Harris,Baroness Harris of Richmond,is a Liberal Democrat life peer and formerly a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
Sandra A. Masin is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 51A,which includes portions of the city of Eagan in Dakota County,which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is also a business woman,working in financial services,real estate sales and insurance.
Jacquelyn Kirtley O'Brien was a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1985 to 2001. Her district consisted of a portion of southeastern Hamilton County,Ohio. She was succeeded by Tom Brinkman Jr.,also a Republican.
Kristina Roegner is an American politician who serves as a member of the Ohio Senate. She has represented the 27th senatorial district since 2019. Her district encompasses the majority of Summit County in Northern Ohio.
Emilia Strong Sykes is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,she formerly represented the 34th district of the Ohio House of Representatives,which consists of portions of the Akron area. From 2019 until 2021,she also served as minority leader of that chamber.
Jessica E. Miranda is an American politician and businesswoman who is the member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 28th district in Hamilton County. The district consists of Madeira,Forest Park,Blue Ash,Sycamore,Sharonville,Evendale,Reading,and Montgomery. Miranda represents over 116,000 residents.
Shontel Monique Brown is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Brown previously served as a member of the Cuyahoga County Council,representing the 9th district. She won her congressional seat in a special election on November 2,2021,after Marcia Fudge resigned to become Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Joan Brown Campbell is an American Christian minister and ecumenical leader. She has standing as an ordained minister in both the Christian Church and the American Baptist Church. In 1991,she became the first ordained woman to serve as the general secretary for the National Council of Churches of Christ USA. During her career,she also served as the head of the US office for the World Council of Churches,and later,as director of the Religion Department for the Chataqua Institution. In both cases,she was the first woman to hold these roles.
Freddye Harper Williams was an American newspaper columnist,management analyst,and state legislator in Oklahoma. She served five terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She was a Democrat. She represented the 99th district.
