Steven (Steve) Chabot (born January 22, 1953) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, having represented that state's 1st congressional district. He lost his reelection bid in November 2008.
Chabot was born in Cincinnati. He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a B.A. in history. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Ken...
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Steven (Steve) Chabot (born January 22, 1953) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, having represented that state's 1st congressional district. He lost his reelection bid in November 2008.
Chabot was born in Cincinnati. He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a B.A. in history. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law, in Highland Heights, Kentucky, in 1978. He worked as an elementary school teacher in 1975–1976 while taking law classes at night.
As a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1994, Chabot was a sole practitioner, operating out of small law office in Westwood, such as domestic disputes and the drafting of wills. Chabot's father served as his assistant.
Chabot ran unsuccessfully for the Cincinnati City Council as an independent candidate in 1979 and as a Republican in 1983. Then, running as a...
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