Background
He was the son of Anthony J. Celebrezze Senior
Celebrezze was born to Anthony Celebrezze and Anne M. Celebrezze in 1941.
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Education
Celebrezze graduated from John Marshall High School in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1963, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy.
Career
He was the oldest of three, along with sisters Jean Ann (Celebrezze) Porto, and Susan Marie (Celebrezze) Sullivan. He served in the United States Navy for five years and was awarded the Navy Commendation Meda In 1974, Celebrezze was awarded a Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland State University.
Ohio state senator
Celebrezze was elected an Ohio state senator in 1974.
While in the Ohio General Assembly, he was known for his honesty and fair dealing. In 1978, Celebrezze defeated incumbent Republican Ted West. Brown in the election for Ohio Secretary of State.
He served as Ohio secretary of state from 1979 to 1983. Attorney general
Both were the sons of former Presidential Cabinet members with good name recognition.
He would beat Saxbe by a margin of nearly two-to-one (2,036,243 to 1,203,797).
While serving as attorney general, Celebrezze fought a legal battle against the United States Department of Energy over the nuclear and chemical pollution at the Fernald nuclear weapons plant, which for years had been kept secret under the disguise of the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center. The legal victory gave the Ohio state government the right to regulate the clean-up of the site. Run for governor
In 1990, Celebrezze ran for governor to replace Richard F. Celeste, who was barred from running for a third consecutive term due to term limits.
Foreign lieutenant governor, Celebrezze chose Eugene Branstool, an Ohio state senator who was a mid-state farmer from Utica, Ohio.
Voinovich"s running mate was Mike DeWine, a United States. Congressman from Cedarville, Ohio. Celebrezze lost in a landslide (1,938,103 to 1,539,416).
However, the combination of Voinovich and DeWine was balanced better geographically, whereby Voinovich took the northeast Ohio votes from Celebrezze"s natural base and DeWine adding the votes from down-state urban areas in the southeast such as Greater Dayton and Greater Cincinnati. Celebrezze was inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 1998.
In April 2001, Celebrezze joined Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter, a law firm based in Columbus, Ohio.
Achievements
Politics
Some analysts attribute his loss, in part, to Celebrezze"s much-criticized switch from his long-held pro-life views to a pro-choice position.
Membership
In 1982, Celebrezze ran for Ohio Attorney General, facing off against by Republican Charles R. Saxbe, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
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Political Party
Democratic party