18 Facts About Dave Hobson

David Lee Hobson was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party who served as a US representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio from 1991 to 2009.

Dave Hobson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Withrow High School in 1954.

Dave Hobson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1958 and a law degree from Ohio State University in 1963.

Dave Hobson served in the Ohio Air National Guard from 1958 to 1963, and was inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame.

Dave Hobson served as an Ohio state senator from 1982 to 1990, serving as President of the Ohio Senate from 1988 to 1990 and as a majority whip.

Dave Hobson was responsible for Ohio's first AIDS law and grants for treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

In 1990, after Mike DeWine left his seat in the US House of Representatives to become Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Dave Hobson was elected to replace him.

Dave Hobson began serving in the House in 1991, and was reelected eight times without serious difficulty.

Dave Hobson was the assistant majority whip for the 110th Congress.

Dave Hobson was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership and was considered to be a moderate Republican.

Dave Hobson believed that Congress needed to help stimulate the economies of former industrial towns which had seen factories leave.

Dave Hobson sought to privatize military housing and fund military research at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which was in his district, and helped to establish the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery and Glenn Research Center.

Dave Hobson secured funding for a memorial at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial for American soldiers killed in World War II.

Dave Hobson served in the House Committee on Appropriations, and became the top Republican on the Military Construction and Energy-Water subcommittees.

Dave Hobson opposed several attempts by the administration of George W Bush to fund a bunker buster.

In October 2006, the Wall Street Journal reported that Dave Hobson led a delegation to Normandy, France in August 2004 for the groundbreaking of an "interpretive center" at a cemetery for American soldiers killed during World War II.

On October 14,2007, Dave Hobson announced that he would retire at the end of his term in 2009.

On October 6,2024, Dave Hobson died at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 87.