What is Ralph Regula?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Ralph Regula | image = Ralph Regula congressional portrait.jpg | birth_name = Ralph Straus Regula | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|12|03}} | birth_place = [[Beach City, Ohio]] |death_date={{death date and age|2017|7|19|1924|12|03}} |death_place=[[Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio]] | state = [[Ohio]] | district = [[Ohio's 16th congressional district|16th]] | term_start = January 3, 1973 | term_end = January 3, 2009 | preceded = [[Frank Bow]] | succeeded = [[John Boccieri]] |state_senate2=Ohio |state2=Ohio |district2=29th |term2=January 3, 1967–January 3, 1973 |preceded2=''Districts Created'' |succeeded2=[[Richard Reichel]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Mary Regula (b. 1926) | occupation= Attorney | alma_mater= [[Mount Union College]], William McKinley School of Law |branch=[[United States Navy]] |serviceyears=1944–1946 }} '''Ralph Straus Regula''' (December 3, 1924 — July 19, 2017) was an American politician. He served as the [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] for [[Ohio's 16th congressional district]] from 1973 to 2009. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), he was the second longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives (after [[Bill Young]] of Florida). Regula died in [[Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio]] on July 19, 2017 at the age of 92.<ref>[http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170720/ralph-regula-16-term-representative-to-congress-dies-at-92/1 Ralph Regula, 16-term ‘representative to Congress,’ dies at 92]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{C-SPAN|ralphregula}} * {{CongLinks | congbio=r000141 | votesmart= | fec=H6OH16029 | congress= }} Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003651 Financial information (federal office)] at [[Center for Responsive Pol