Ed Feighan | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's19th district | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Lyle Williams |
| Succeeded by | Eric Fingerhut |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from the 8th district | |
| In office January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Flannery |
| Succeeded by | Benny Bonanno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Farrell Feighan (1947-10-22)October 22, 1947 (age 78) Lakewood, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Nadine Feighan |
| Relatives | Michael A. Feighan (uncle) |
| Education | Loyola University New Orleans (BA) Cleveland State University (JD) |
Edward Farrell "Ed" Feighan (born October 22, 1947) is a former American politician. He served as a member of theOhio House of Representatives, and as aDemocratic Party U.S. Representative from 1983 to 1993, servingOhio's 19th congressional district.
Feighan was born inLakewood, Ohio. He graduated in 1965 fromSt. Edward High School, an all-boys Catholic high school on Cleveland's west side.[1] In 1969, he earned aBachelor of Arts fromLoyola University inNew Orleans, LA. He attendedCleveland State University College of Law atCleveland State University while serving in the legislature and received hisJuris Doctor in 1978.
Feighan was first elected to public office as aState Representative fromCleveland, Ohio, in 1972. He served for six years in the Ohio Legislature until his election as aCuyahoga County Commissioner, a position he held from 1979 to 1983.
In 1977, Feighan ran forMayor of Cleveland, but lost a narrow race toDennis Kucinich, who also later became a member of Congress.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the103rd Congress, presumably due to his involvement in theHouse banking scandal and the specter of a primary fight against fellow incumbentMary Rose Oakar due to redistricting.
Feighan served as a director of ProCentury Corporation, aWesterville-based specialty insurance company, and its insurance subsidiaries from 1993 to 1996.
From November 1997 until August 1998, he was a Senior Vice President ofCentury Business Services,[2] a Cleveland-based provider of outsourced business services now known asCBIZ.[3]
From 1998 until 2000, Feighan was the president of Avalon National Corporation, a holding company for a workers’ compensation insurance agency. During that span, he was also a Managing Partner of Alliance Financial, Ltd., a merchant banking firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions from September 1998 until May 2003.[4]
In 2000, he once again became director of ProCentury, for which he had been the on-and-off Special Counsel. In October 2003, Feighan became the chairman, president and CEO of ProCentury. However, he resigned on July 31, 2008, when it was sold to Meadowbrook Insurance Group.[5]
Since February 2014, Feighan has served as the CEO of Covius, a commercial and residential real estate advisory services company.[6]
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
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| 1982 | Edward F. Feighan | 111,760 | 58.84% | Richard G. Anter II | 72,682 | 38.27% | Thomas Pekarek | Libertarian | 3,129 | 1.65% | Kevin G. Killeen | Independent | 2,371 | 1.25% | |||||
| 1984 | Edward F. Feighan | 139,605 | 55.21% | Matthew J. Hatchadorian | 107,957 | 42.70% | (other) | 5,277 | 2.09% | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Edward F. Feighan | 97,814 | 54.78% | Gary C. Suhadolnik | 80,743 | 45.22% | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | Edward F. Feighan | 168,065 | 70.49% | Noel F. Roberts | 70,359 | 29.51% | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | Edward F. Feighan | 132,951 | 64.77% | Susan M. Lawko | 72,315 | 35.23% |
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 19th congressional district 1983–1993 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
