Ronald M. Mottl

Ron Mottl
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 20th district
In office
January 3, 1987 – February 5, 1997
Preceded by June Kreuzer
Succeeded by Ron Mottl Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 23rd district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by William Edwin Minshall, Jr.
Succeeded by District eliminated
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by Francis D. Sullivan
Succeeded by Jerome Stano
In office
January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1968
Preceded by At-Large
Succeeded by Gertrude Polcar
Personal details
Born (1934-02-06) February 6, 1934
Political party Democratic

Ronald Milton Mottl (born February 6, 1934) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who had been a member of the state House of Representatives of Ohio from 1987 to 1997.

Mottl was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended the University of Notre Dame.[1] He is of Czech descent [2] Mottl played baseball at Notre Dame in 1955.[3] He is a lawyer, and served in the city council of Parma, Ohio from 1960 to 1966 and the Ohio state legislature from 1967 until 1975, before serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983.[1] A conservative Democrat, Mottl was an ally of Ronald Reagan's legislative agenda.

He lost the Democratic primary[1] to Ed Feighan in 1982, thereby losing his seat. He then returned to local politics, serving on the Parma school board from 1985 until 1986, and as president of the school board in 1986, until he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served until 1997.[1]

He now lives in North Royalton, Ohio, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of North Royalton in 1999.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "MOTTL, Ronald Milton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/22/archives/fall-elections-in-ohio-to-test-power-of-incumbents.html?mcubz=0
  3. ↑ http://www.und.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/030113aaa.html
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
William Edwin Minshall, Jr.		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 23rd congressional district
1975-1983 		Succeeded by
District eliminated
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