Howard Metzenbaum Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917 – March 12, 2008) was an American politician who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate from 1943 to 1951.
Democrat US senator from Ohio; terms of service: 4 January 1974 - 23 December 1974; 29 December 1976 - 3 January 1995). In 1974, was appointed to fill a vacancy when William Saxbe resigned from the Senate to accept appointment as US attorney general; later that year he lost a primary election to John Glenn, and when Glenn was elected, he resigned from the Senate so Ohio's governor could appoint Glenn to fill the seat, thereby adding to Glenn's seniority. In 1976 Metzenbaum defeated Senator Robert Taft Jr., Taft resigned on 28 December 1976, and Metzenbaum was appointed the next day to fill the vacancy before the term for which he was elected began on 3 January 1977.