Sen. Rob Portman: A Timeline

Nov. 2 - Elected to the U.S. Senate def. Lee Fisher (D) by 57% to 39%

On short list for Mitt Romney's VP nominee.
March 15 - Announces support for same-sex marriage.


Up for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day 61 years, 1.1 months.

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019


Debate prep. for Dick Cheney (plays Joe Lieberman).
Re-elected.

Re-elected.

Debate prep. for Dick Cheney (plays John Edwards).
Re-elected.
March 17 - Pres. Bush announces Portman as USTR nominee.  April 29 - Resigns from Congress to serve as USTR, 2005-06.
April 18 - Pres. Bush announces Portman as OMB nominee.  Director of the OMB, 2006-07.
June 19 - Announces resignation as OMB Director. effective August.
Senior attorney at Squire Sanders and Dempsey in Cincinnati.
Debate prep. for John McCain (plays Barack Obama).
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

 

Partner at Graydon, Head and Ritchey in Cincinnati, 1991-93.
May 4 - Elected to Congress in special election representing the 2nd CD.
Re-elected.

Re-elected.

Re-elected.

1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

 




J.D. from University of Michigan School of Law in Ann Arbor, MI.  Associate at Patton Boggs, 1984-86.

...Associate at Patton Boggs  Associate then partner at Graydon, Head and Ritchey, 1986-89.
July - Marries Jane Dudley.*


Associate counsel to President George H.W. Bush.
Deputy assistant and director WH Office of Leg. Affiars, 1989-91.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

 




Graduates from Cincinnati Country Day School.


Portman and friends kayak the length of the Rio Grande from So. Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico, some 1,800 miles.

B.A.in anthropology from Dartmouth College, 1979.
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
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1979

 










1960
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1967
1968
1969

 





Born Dec. 19, 1955 in Cincinnati, OH.





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1959
*The Portmans have three children: Jed, Willl and Sally.


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