1. Homer E "Pete" Abele was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from the Republican Party.
19 Facts About Pete Abele
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Pete Abele was active in Ohio politics, and represented the state in the House of Representatives for one term from 1963 to 1965.
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Homer "Pete" Abele graduated from Wellston High School in his birthplace of Wellston, Ohio in 1934.
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In 1941, Abele joined the Ohio State Highway Patrol and worked as a state trooper from 1941 to 1946, except for a stint in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946.
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In 1949, while still a student in law school, Pete Abele was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1949 to 1952.
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In 1952, Abele joined the unsuccessful presidential campaign of Robert A Taft.
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From 1953 to 1957, Pete Abele was a lobbyist for railroad interests.
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From 1954 to 1957, Pete Abele was the chairman of the Vinton County, Ohio, Republican Executive Committee.
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In 1958, Pete Abele was the Republican nominee for US Representative from Ohio's 10th congressional district.
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Pete Abele challenged Moeller again in 1962, and unseated him; he began his service in 1963 in the 88th United States Congress.
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Pete Abele voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Pete Abele served only one term and in 1964, Moeller won the seat back from Abele.
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In 1966, Pete Abele was elected to the office of judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Fourth District.
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Pete Abele retired at the end of his fourth term in 1991.
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In 1978, Pete Abele was chief justice of the Ohio Court of Appeals.
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Pete Abele occasionally sat as a visiting judge on the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Pete Abele remained a member of the Ohio State Highway Patrol Auxiliary, maintaining the rank of major.
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Pete Abele died in Hamden, Ohio at age 83 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
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Abele's son Peter B Abele is currently a judge on the Fourth District Appeals Court.