Politicians1974–1999

John Glenn

The first American to orbit the Earth became a four-term Ohio senator — Glenn's Friendship 7 mission made him a national hero, and he returned to space at 77 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to study aging, making him the oldest person to fly in space.

Origin

Cambridge, Ohio

Genre

SenatorDemocrat (OH)

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Often Compared To

Sherrod Brown

Senator / Democrat (OH) — Mansfield, Ohio · 2007–2025

The last white Democrat to hold statewide office in Ohio — Brown's economic populism, pro-union politics, and opposition to NAFTA made him a unique figure in a party that had largely abandoned industrial workers in the Rust Belt.