- Thomas W. L. Ashley
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley, usually known as Lud Ashley (born
January 11 ,1923 ) was an American politician of the Democratic party. He served as a U.S. representative fromOhio from 1955 to 1981.He is the great-grandson of
James Mitchell Ashley , who was also a congressman from Ohio. While atYale University , he was a member of the secret societySkull and Bones along with future U.S. PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush .Ashley was born in
Toledo, Ohio . DuringWorld War II , he served in the U.S. Army as a corporal in thePacific Theater of Operations .Following the war, Ashley graduated in 1948 from
Yale University . He then worked with the Toledo Publicity and Efficiency Commission while studying law during night classes at theUniversity of Toledo Law School. He then graduated fromOhio State University Law School at Columbus in 1951. He was admitted to the bar the same year and began practicing law.Ashley joined the staff of
Radio Free Europe (RFE) in 1952. He served in Europe for RFE and was the co-director of the press section and later was the assistant director of special projects. He resigned from RFE onMarch 1 ,1954 in order to wage a successful bid for Congress.He served thirteen terms in Congress and served as the Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy (Ad Hoc) from 1977 until 1979 and then as Chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries from 1979 until 1981.
In the 1980 general election, Ashley lost in an upset to Republican challenger
Ed Weber . He currently lives inLeland, Michigan . He has a daughter Lise Ashley Murphy and two sons, William Meredith, and Mark Michael.ee also
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Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 9th District
*List of United States Representatives from Ohio Thomas William Ashley is his son from his first marriage also sisters with Lise.External links
*CongBio|A000222 Retrieved on
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