12 Facts About Bob Shamansky

Robert Norton Shamansky was an American Democratic politician and attorney from the state of Ohio.

Bob Shamansky served in the US House of Representatives for a single term from 1981 until 1983.

In 2018, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency wrote that "Bob Shamansky's life was marked by hardship, Jewish pride and tilting at windmills".

Bob Shamansky was born in 1927 in Columbus, the son of Sarah and Harry Solomon Bob Shamansky.

Bob Shamansky was a 1947 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1950 graduate of Harvard Law School.

Bob Shamansky was a Special Agent in the United States Army's Counter Intelligence Corps from 1950 until 1952.

Bob Shamansky joined the Army as a private and was initially stationed in Georgia, followed by duty at Fort George G Meade, Maryland.

In 1966, Bob Shamansky ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives.

Bob Shamansky was the first Democrat to represent a significant portion of the state capital, Columbus, since 1967.

In 1982, after reapportionment, Bob Shamansky's district absorbed a large chunk of the more Republican-leaning 17th District.

Bob Shamansky was defeated in his bid for re-election by future Governor of Ohio John Kasich.

Bob Shamansky had been treated for depression at a psychiatric hospital shortly before his death.