Ronald M. Mottl
Birth nameRonald Milton Mottl
Birth placeCleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Birth dateFebruary 6, 1934
State house 1Ohio
State 1Ohio
District 120th
Term 1January 3, 1987 – February 5, 1997
Preceded 1June Kreuzer
Succeeded 1Ron Mottl Jr.
State 2Ohio
District 223rd
Term start 2January 3, 1975
Term end 2January 3, 1983
Preceded 2William Edwin Minshall, Jr.
Succeeded 2District eliminated
State senate 3Ohio
State 3Ohio
District 324th
Term 3January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974
Preceded 3Francis D. Sullivan
Succeeded 3Jerome Stano
Term 4January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1968
Preceded 4At-Large
Succeeded 4Gertrude Polcar
Office 5Member of the Parma City Council[1]
Term start 51960
Term end 51966[1]
PartyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BS, JD)[1]
SpouseDebra[2]
BranchUnited States Army[1]
Service years1957[1]
Death dateOctober 13, 2023 (aged 89)

Ronald Milton Mottl (February 6, 1934 – October 13, 2023) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly for multiple decades. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983.

Early life

Ronald Milton Mottl was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miroslav Václav Josef Mottl and Anna Hummel, a couple of Czech descent.[3] His father, an immigrant from Počaply, died from chronic valvular heart disease when he was 11.[4][5] His mother, born in Pittsburgh to parents from Kvaň and Mýto, remarried to Václav Schovánek from Kladno.[6] Mottl graduated from Parma Schaaf High School in 1952 and later was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame.

College and military service

He attended the University of Notre Dame for which he played baseball in 1955.[7][1] He served in the United States Army Reserves in 1957.[citation needed]

Career

Mottl was a lawyer, and served on the city council of Parma, Ohio from 1960 to 1966[8] and the Ohio state legislature from 1967 until 1975.[citation needed]

Congress

Mottl served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983.[1] A conservative Democrat, Mottl was an ally of Ronald Reagan's legislative agenda.[9] In 1982, Mottl lost the Democratic primary[1] to Ed Feighan, thereby losing his seat.[10]

Return to state legislature

Mottl returned to local politics, serving on the Parma school board from 1985 until 1986, and as president of the school board in 1986, until he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served until 1997.[1] He was also an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of North Royalton, Ohio in 1999.[citation needed]

Personal life

Mottl had four children.[9] Ronald Jr. and a daughter are from his first marriage and a son and daughter are from his second marriage to Debbie.[9] Ron Jr. was a representative in the Ohio House of Representatives for one term from 1997 to 1998 immediately succeeding his father.

Death

Mottl died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 89.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "MOTTL, Ronald Milton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. ^ The President's Corner
  3. ^ Apple Jr, R. W. (1970-08-22). "Fall Elections in Ohio to Test Power of Incumbents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  4. ^ "Státní oblastní archiv v Praze". ebadatelna.soapraha.cz. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. ^ Mottl (1945). "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953". FamilySearch
  6. ^ Schovanek (1987). "United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch
  7. ^ "Notre Dame Athletics | The Fighting Irish". Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  8. ^ Sandrick, Bob (2011-04-07). "Ron "Mickey" Mottl hopes to follow his father to the political stage". cleveland. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  9. ^ Maxa, Rudy (8 November 1981). "From Beautiful Downtown Parma, It's Rep. Ron Mottl and the Ronettes". The Washington Post
  10. ^ Peterson, Iver (1982-06-13). "The Ohio Primary Provides Little to Cling To". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  11. ^ Ronald Mottl obituary