David Hobson represented Ohio’s seventh congressional district as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009.
- Died: October 6, 2024 (Who else died on October 6?)
- Details of death: Died at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio at the age of 87.
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David Hobson’s legacy
After serving in the Ohio Air National Guard from 1958 to 1963, Hobson got his start in politics in the Ohio Senate. Championing improvements to health care in his home state, the Cincinnati native rose to president pro tempore of its senate, where he served for eight years. He helped pass Ohio’s first law preventing discrimination on the basis of HIV status, and he worked to improve mental health treatment in the Buckeye State.
Hobson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990, filling the spot vacated by now-Governor Mike DeWine when he became the lieutenant governor of Ohio. In national politics, the moderate Republican continued to focus on health care. Another of his key achievements was backing the creation of a visitor center and memorial at the American Cemetery in Normandy, France honoring the U.S. soldiers killed in the D-Day invasion.
Elected to the House nine times, Hobson announced in 2007 that he would not seek office again when his term ended in 2009. After his retirement, he served as president of Vorys Advisors LLC. In recent years, Hobson worked to secure Medals of Honor for two Ohio soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War. He had introduced the legislation for the honor while he served in the House, but a bureaucratic error held up the process for years. The Medals of Honor were finally given to the soldiers posthumously earlier this year.
Tributes to David Hobson
Full obituary: The Washington Post
