district state_senate succeeded party preceded state_house term birth_date article_title state name
23rd 19th ohio dan brady dale miller democratic dennis kucinich '' district established '' ohio january , 1967-january 2 , 1997 6 , 1997-december 31 , 1998 january 3 1939 patrick sweeney -lrb- politician -rrb-
 ohio ohio patrick sweeney
patrick sweeney -lrb- politician -rrb-

patrick anthony sweeney was a member of the ohio senate from 1997 to 1998 , and a member of the ohio house of representatives from 1967 to 1997 .
he was appointed in january 1997 to fill the vacancy caused by dennis kucinich , who was elected to congress .
however , in 1998 he opted to not run for his senate seat , and was succeeded by dan brady in 1999 .
sweeney holds a masters degree from the john f. kennedy school of government and works at cleveland state university .
