Politics
| Name | Occupation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Frank J. Battisti | Judge | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1961–1994); best known for rulings on Cleveland's school desegregation case; born and raised in Youngstown. |
| John Boccieri | Lawmaker | Served in the Ohio House of Representatives's 61st District from in 2000 until 2006, and ran unopposed for a seat in the Ohio State Senate in 2006; born in Youngstown |
| Henry Lawrence Burnett | U.S. Assistant Judge Advocate General | Brevet brigadier general who served as prosecutor in trials for assassination of Abraham Lincoln, born in Youngstown |
| Capri Cafaro | Lawmaker | Ohio State Senator from 32nd District, from Youngstown |
| Charles J. Carney | Lawmaker | Served as U.S. Representative from 1970 to 1979; previously served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1950 to 1970; born in Youngstown |
| John Hessin Clarke | U.S. Supreme Court Justice | Appointed Supreme Court justice by President Woodrow Wilson, practiced law in Youngstown and was part-owner of The Youngstown Vindicator |
| John G. Cooper | Lawmaker | Served as U.S. Representative from 1915 to 1937, resided in Youngstown |
| Ronald Daniels | Activist | Third-party candidate for President of the United States, executive director of Center for Constitutional Rights, graduate of Youngstown State University |
| Marc Dann | Attorney | Former Ohio Attorney General, elected to the position in 2006 as a Democrat, lives in nearby Liberty, practiced law in Youngstown before public office |
| Clarence Darrow | Attorney | Best known for role as defense counsel in the "Scopes Monkey Trial" and Leopold and Loeb murder trial; first practiced law in Youngstown |
| James Arthur Ewing | Steel executive | 40th Governor of American Samoa |
| Bob Hagan | Lawmaker | Scion of an Ohio Democratic political family whose defeat in Youngstown's 2005 mayoral race was followed by a successful run for Ohio State Representative |
| Robert Hagan | Lawmaker | Served three terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, served as Trumbull County Commissioner, served on traveling staff of vice presidential nominee Sargent Shriver in 1972, born in Youngstown |
| Tim Hagan | Lawmaker | Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner and Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 2002, born in Youngstown |
| Gus Hall | Activist | Co-founder of the United Steelworkers of America trade union, and five-time U.S. presidential candidate; organized 1930s "Little Steel Strike" in Youngstown-Warren area. |
| Martin J. Hillenbrand | Diplomat | Served as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1972 to 1976, born in Youngstown |
| Nathaniel R. Jones | Judge | U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; appointed in 1967 as assistant general counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson's famed Kerner Commission; born and raised in Youngstown. |
| James Kennedy | Lawmaker | Served as U.S. Representative from 1903 to 1911, resided in Youngstown |
| Michael J. Kirwan | Lawmaker | Member of U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1970), became the first Northerner to serve as chair of the influential National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, widely credited with Democratic congressional victory of November 1954. |
| Staughton Lynd | Activist | Best known for public opposition to the Vietnam War, served as labor lawyer and activist in the Youngstown area, where he currently resides. |
| George McKelvey | Politician | Former Democratic mayor of Youngstown. In 2004, he broke ranks with his party to endorse President George W. Bush for a second term. |
| George McMillin | Governor and Admiral | 38th and final Naval Governor of Guam; POW during World War II after surrendering at the First Battle of Guam; later a Rear Admiral. |
| Volney Rogers | Attorney and civic leader | Played a key role in the establishment of Youngstown's celebrated Mill Creek Park. |
| William R. Stewart | Lawmaker | Second African American to serve in the Ohio Senate, first African-American attorney to establish a practice in Youngstown. |
| Hal Suit | Television broadcaster | Republican candidate for governor of Georgia, 1970, lost to Jimmy Carter |
| Robert W. Tayler | Lawmaker and Judge | U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1903; in 1905 appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as District Judge of the Northern District of Ohio, lived in Youngstown |
| Sue Thomas | FBI Agent | First deaf person to work in this capacity, and the inspiration for the television series Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye |
| David Tod | Ohio Governor | Deeply respected by President Abraham Lincoln for his measured response to dislocations of the American Civil War; Tod was offered (but refused) the position of U.S. Secretary of Treasury |
| James A. Traficant, Jr. | Lawmaker, inmate | Flamboyant former Democratic Representative, was sent to federal prison after being prosecuted by the federal government on corruption charges, born and raised on Youngstown's South Side |
| Cheryl L. Waite | Judge | First woman elected to serve on the Seventh District Court of Appeals, from Youngstown |
| Jay Williams | Politician | (Independent-Democrat), first African-American mayor of Youngstown, born on city's East Side, now resides near Cornersburg, on city's West Side |
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“I played by the rules of politics as I found them.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)
“All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are “up to a point.””
—George F. Will (b. 1941)
“The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.”
—Ben C. Bradlee (b. 1921)