PORTER, ALBERT S. (29 Nov. 1904-7 Jan. 1979), Cuyahoga County engineer for 29 years and county Democratic party chairman for 6 years, was born in Portsmouth, Va. to Albert S. and Lena Edmonds Porter. He moved with his family to LAKEWOOD in 1913, graduated from Lakewood High School in 1922 and from Ohio State University with his B.S. in civil engineering in 1928.
Category: Politics and Government
The second PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 1980 between Democratic Pres. Jimmy Carter and Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan was held in Cleveland on 28 Oct. 1980, sponsored by the LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. Second Presidential Debate of 1980 The Cleveland Chapter of the league, led by Pres.
The PROGRESSIVE PARTY IN OHIO was organized 19 June 1948 in Cleveland to support the candidacy of former Vice President Henry Wallace for president. Wallace believed world peace was imperative in order to use America's abundance at home to banish poverty, bigotry, and discrimination. He branded the Truman Doctrine, which aimed to contain COMMUNISM, as warlike and reactionary. Dr.
PUBLIC HOUSING. As early as the 1810s, visitors to Cleveland commented on the wretched housing conditions. After the CIVIL WAR, as thousands of European immigrants were attracted to the growing city by opportunities for work, Cleveland's slums grew along with its population.
PUBLIC HOUSING CORP. See PUBLIC HOUSING.
RAPID RECOVERY PROGRAM. See CLEAN-LAND, OHIO.
The RECALL ELECTION of 1978 was held to determine whether or not Mayor Dennis Kucinich would be removed from office. The impetus for recall was sparked by the mayor's public firing of Police Chief Richard Hongisto in March 1978. Using the media, Hongisto charged that Kucinich interfered with the operation of the police department, and the mayor in turn accused Hongisto of insubordination.
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT. The regional government movement was an effort by civic reformers to solve by means of a broader-based government metropolitan problems arising from the dispersion of urban populations from central cities to adjacent suburbs. When suburban growth accelerated after WORLD WAR II, reform coalitions proposed various governing options, with mixed results.
REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY. See GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
The REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1924 (10-13 June 1924) was called to select the party's nominees for the presidential election—the first national political convention held in Cleveland and the first ever to be broadcast on RADIO. At the behest of Congressman THEODORE BURTON, Cleveland civic leaders offered the Republican Natl.
The REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1936 was held 9-12 June to nominate Republican party presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 1936 election. Cleveland was chosen by the Republican Natl. Committee when Congressman CHESTER CASTLE BOLTON persuaded Cleveland civic organizations and businessmen to raise $150,000 to underwrite convention expenses.
REPUBLICAN PARTY. See CUYAHOGA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.
RIDDLE, ALBERT G. (28 May 1816-16 May 1902), lawyer, politician, and promoter of equal rights for AFRICAN AMERICANS, was born in Monson, Mass., to Thomas and Minerva (Merrick) Riddle.
ROBERT KENNEDY'S CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND SPEECH, 1968. On April 5, 1968, one day after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivered a speech entitled "On the Mindless Menace of Violence" at the CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND. In the 10-minute speech Kennedy deplored violence in American society.
ROSE, H. (HORACE) CHAPMAN (11 Feb. 1907-17 Feb. 1990), attorney and civic leader, clerked with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and served as assistant undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury (1953-55) and undersecretary of the Treasury (1955-56) under President Dwight Eisenhower. A staunch Republican, he represented President Richard Nixon in income tax matters during the Watergate era.
ROSE, WILLIAM GREY (23 Sept. 1829-15 Sept. 1899), businessman, real estate developer, and Republican mayor of Cleveland (1877-78, 1891-92), was born in Mercer County, Pa. to James and Martha McKinley Rose. He attended Austinburg Grand River Institute in Ohio and Beaver Academy, studied law in Mercer, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1855, practicing law there.
RUSSELL, JACK PAUL (2 Feb. 1915-7 June 1979), 16th ward councilman from 1943-71, was born Paul Ruschak in the Buckeye Rd. area of Cleveland to Stephen and Mary Ruschak, immigrants from Austria-Hungary. He began in politics by managing Joseph Stearns's council campaign in 1933, and built his influence in the neighborhood by publishing newspapers, including the Buckeye Press.
RUTHENBERG, CHARLES (9 July 1882-3 Mar. 1927), prominent in the Cleveland Socialist and, later, Communist parties, was born in the CUDELL neighborhood of Cleveland to German immigrants August and Wilhelmenia (Lau) Ruthenberg.
SALEN, CHARLES P. (5 Dec. 1860-23 June 1924), CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY leader, was born in Portsmouth, N.H. to Peter and Fredericka Wyx Salen, came with his family to Cleveland around 1866, and attended 1 year of Concordia College in Ft. Wayne, Ind., before returning to Cleveland to work for the West Side Sentinel.
SDS. See STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
SELTZER, CHARLES ALDEN (15 Aug. 1875 - 9 Feb. 1942) was a prolific early twentieth century American Western novelist and, from 1930-1935, mayor of the city of NORTH OLMSTED. He was born in Janesville, Wisconsin to Oceania (Hart) and Lucien B.
SENTER, GEORGE B. (1827-16 Jan. 1870), councilman, mayor, and military leader during the CIVIL WAR, was elected to Cleveland City Council from the 1st ward in 1858 and served as mayor from 1859-60. Senter, born in Potsdam, New York, was the son of David K. and Susan Senter.
SEWERS. See NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT.
SLAUGHTER, FLEET, (24 July 1919-23 Aug. 1975), an AFRICAN AMERICAN business and civic leader, was born in New Orleans, La. After graduating from McDonogh No.
SMETONA, ANTANAS (10 Aug. 1874-9 Jan. 1944), who came to Cleveland in Apr. 1942 as the exiled president of Lithuania, was born of peasant parents in Uzulenents, became an ardent promoter of Lithuanian nationalism as a youth, and as a result was expelled from college and later from law school in St. Petersburg, where he was also jailed.