district state_senate succeeded party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name
8th 24th 4th ohio tom kindness '' district eliminated '' buz lukens republican january 3 , 1971 3 , 1975 january 3 , 1973 january jackson edward betts buz lukens inaugural holder 25 april 1931 january 3 , 1967 3 , 1973 january 3 , 1971 january walter e. powell
 ohio ohio ohio walter e. powell
walter e. powell

walter eugene powell -lrb- born april 25 , 1931 -rrb- was an american politician of the republican party who served as a u.s. representative from ohio from 1971 to 1975 .
powell began his career as the city clerk of fairfield , ohio in 1956 , and became a member of fairfield city council in 1958 .
in 1960 , powell successfully ran for the ohio house of representatives .
he was reelected in 1962 , and 1964 .
the voting rights act of 1965 provided powell with incentive to run for the ohio senate , which he did .
he ended up winning , and took a seat in the upper chamber on january 3 , 1967 .
while he was up for reelection to the senate in 1970 , he instead initially opted to run for ohio state treasurer .
however , he eventually entered the race a seat in the united states house of representatives .
he went on to win the seat , and ultimately swapped seats with his predecessor , buz lukens , who then was appointed to powell 's senate seat .
powell went on to serve two terms in congress , and opted to retire after his second term ended in 1975 , and was succeeded by tom kindness .
following his tenure in congress , he retired to middletown , ohio .
