Patrick Anthony Sweeney (September 2, 1939 – September 7, 2020) was an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the

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from 1997 to 1998, and a member of the

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from 1967 to 1997. He was appointed in January 1997 to fill the vacancy caused by

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, who was elected to Congress. However, in 1998 he opted to not run for election to his Senate seat, and he was succeeded by Dan Brady in 1999. Sweeney held a

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from the

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and worked at

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as Assistant to the Vice President of Governmental Relations. Sweeney was also president of public policy advocacy firm PASCo Consultants. Sweeney ran unsuccessfully in the 1981 Cleveland mayoral election. Sweeney's wife, Emily Margaret Sweeney ( Mirsky), was formerly (1993-2003) the

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for The Northern District of Ohio. They have one daughter, Margaret Anne. Sweeney was born in Cleveland, Ohio and served in the

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. He died on September 7, 2020.Longtime state representative Patrick Sweeney dies at 81
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1939 births 2020 deaths Harvard Kennedy School alumni Cleveland State University staff Democratic Party Ohio state senators Politicians from Cleveland Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Military personnel from Cleveland 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{Ohio-OHSenate-stub