1. Thomas Norman Kindness was an American politician who served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio from January 3,1975, to January 3,1987.
10 Facts About Tom Kindness
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Tom Kindness received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Maryland in 1951 and his bachelor of laws degree from George Washington University in 1953.
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Tom Kindness was assistant counsel for paper company Champion International, in Hamilton, Ohio, from 1957 to 1973, and was elected to the city council of Hamilton in 1964, serving until 1969.
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Tom Kindness served as mayor of Hamilton from 1964 to 1967.
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Tom Kindness served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1971 to 1974, when he was elected to Congress from Ohio's eighth congressional district, defeating Democrat T Edward Strinko.
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In 1986, Kindness was one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the case in the impeachment trial of Judge Harry E Claiborne.
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In 1986, Tom Kindness won the Republican nomination for the US Senate, but he lost to incumbent John Glenn.
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Tom Kindness entered a Republican primary battle that included Lukens, state Representative John Boehner and lesser-known candidates.
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Tom Kindness finished with 32 percent and Lukens with 17 percent.
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Tom Kindness died in Exeter, Devonshire, England at the age of 74.