Ronald M. Mottl

Ronald Milton Mottl (February 6, 1934 – October 13, 2023) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the state House of Representatives of Ohio from 1987 to 1997. Before that, he served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983.

Ronald M. Mottl
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 20th district
In office
January 3, 1987 – February 5, 1997
Preceded byJune Kreuzer
Succeeded byRon Mottl Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 23rd district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983
Preceded byWilliam Edwin Minshall, Jr.
Succeeded byDistrict eliminated
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byFrancis D. Sullivan
Succeeded byJerome Stano
In office
January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1968
Preceded byAt-Large
Succeeded byGertrude Polcar
Member of the Parma City Council[1]
In office
1960–1966[1]
Personal details
Born
Ronald Milton Mottl

(1934-02-06)February 6, 1934
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedOctober 13, 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 89)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDebra[2]
Children4[2]
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BS, JD)[1]
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army[1]
Years of service1957[1]

Early life

Ronald Milton Mottl was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miroslav Václav Josef Mottl (1899-1945) and Anna Hummel (1903-1990), 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 (1907-1987) from Kladno.[6] Mottl graduated from Parma Schaaf High School in 1952 and later was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame. 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.

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.

Congress

He then served four terms in the United States 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]

Later career

He then 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]

Mottl was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of North Royalton, Ohio, in 1999.

Personal life and death

Mottl had four children.[9] Ronald Jr. and Ronda are from his first marriage and Ron Michael (Mickey) and Amanda Leigh are from his second marriage to Debbie.[9]

Ronald M. 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


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