What is Howard Metzenbaum?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Howard Metzenbaum | image=Howard Metzenbaum.jpg | nationality=[[Americans|American]] | jr/sr=United States Senator | state=[[Ohio]] | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | term_start1=December 29, 1976 | term_end1=January 3, 1995 | preceded1=[[Robert Taft, Jr.]] | succeeded1=[[Mike DeWine]] | term_start2=January 4, 1974 | term_end2=December 23, 1974 | appointed2=[[John J. Gilligan]] | preceded2=[[William B. Saxbe]] | succeeded2=[[John Glenn]] | office3=Member of the [[Ohio Senate]] | term3=1947–1951 | office4=Member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] | term4=1943–1947 |birth_name=Howard Morton Metzenbaum | birth_date={{Birth date|1917|6|4}} | birth_place= [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S. | restingplace = [[Mayfield Cemetery]],<br>Cleveland Heights, Ohio | death_date={{death date and age|2008|3|12|1917|6|4}} | death_place=[[Aventura, Florida|Aventura]], [[Florida]], U.S. | spouse=Shirley Turoff }} '''Howard Morton Metzenbaum''' (June 4, 1917 &ndash; March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman. For almost 20&nbsp;years, he was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States Senate|U.S.&nbsp;Senate]] from [[Ohio]] in 1974, an from 1976 to 1995. He also served in the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] and [[Ohio Senate|Senate]] from 1943 to 1951.<ref name=Kroll>{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=John|title=Howard's End: Metzenbaum was true to form through his last days in the Senate|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/03/howards_end_metzenbaum_was_tru.html|access-date=May 7, 2013|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|date=December 4, 1994}}</ref> Metzenbaum died at his home in [[Aventura, Florida]] on March 12, 2008, aged 90.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/us/14metzenbaum.html Howard M. Metzenbaum, Who Battled Big Business as Ohio Senator, Dies at 90]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{C-SPAN|Howard Metzenbaum}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Metzenbaum, Howard M.}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Categor