Full Name:
Sherrod C. Brown
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Connie Schultz; 4 Children; 4 Children-In-Laws; 8 Grandchildren
Birth Date:
11/09/1952
Birth Place:
Mansfield, OH
Home City:
Cleveland, OH
Religion:
Lutheran
MPA, Public Administration, Ohio State University, 1981
MA, Education, Ohio State University, 1979
BA, Russian Studies, Yale University, 1974
Candidate, United States Senate, Ohio, District Jr., 2024, 2026
Senator, United States Senate, 2007-2025
Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 13, 1993-2006
Secretary of State, Ohio, 1982-1990
Representative, Ohio State House of Representatives, 1975-1982
Former Member, Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee
Former Chair, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Automotive Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on Taiwan
Former Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Steel Caucus
Former Member, Democratic Steering Committee
Former Member, Executive Committee, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Former Member, Finance Committee
Member, Great Lakes Task Force
Former Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, United States Senate
Former Member, Law Enforcement Caucus
Former Member, Medical Technology Caucus
Founder, Northeast Ohio Breast and Prostate Cancer Task Force
Former Member, Older Americans Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Senate Air Force Caucus
Former Member, Senate Nuclear Waste Cleanup Caucus
Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
Former Member, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Co-Founder, House Food Safety Caucus, 2003-2006
Teacher, Government/Political Science, Ohio State University, 1979-1981
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Astrological Sign:
Scorpio
Awards:
Friend of Children and Children's Hospitals, National Association of Children's Hospitals; Distinguished Public Health Legislator of the Year, American Public Health Association, 2002
Number of Grandchildren:
3
Publications:
Myths of Free Trade (New Press: 2004) Congress from the Inside: Observations from the Majority and the Minority (Kent State University Press, 2002)
Spouse's Occupation:
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist