What is Patrick Sweeney (politician)?
[[File:Patrick Sweeney 2016.jpg|right|200px]] '''Patrick Anthony Sweeney''' (September 2, 1939 – September 7, 2020) was an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. He was a member of the [[Ohio Senate]] from 1997 to 1998, and a member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] from 1967 to 1997. He was appointed in January 1997 to fill the vacancy caused by [[Dennis Kucinich]], who was elected to Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ashbrook.org/publications/onprin-v5n6-sweeney/|title=How to Reform Education in Ohio: A Symposium|website=Ashbrook|access-date=Sep 8, 2020}}</ref> Sweeney was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. Sweeney died on September 7, 2020 in Cleveland at the age of 81.<ref>[https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/09/longtime-state-representative-patrick-sweeney-dies-at-81.html Longtime state representative Patrick Sweeney dies at 81]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweeney, Patrick}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from Cleveland]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}