Gradison, Willis D. (Willis David), 1928-

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>11/03/1992 OH District 2 Won 70.06% (+40.13%)</li>
<li>11/00/1992 US House Republican Conference Secretary Lost 42.77% (-14.46%)</li>
<li>11/06/1990 OH District 2 Won 64.42% (+28.84%)</li>
<li>11/08/1988 OH District 2 Won 72.31% (+44.63%)</li>
<li>11/04/1986 OH District 2 Won 70.74% (+41.49%)</li>
<li>11/06/1984 OH District 2 Won 68.60% (+37.20%)</li>
<li>11/02/1982 OH District 2 Won 62.71% (+28.49%)</li>
<li>11/04/1980 OH District 1 Won 74.67% (+51.48%)</li>
<li>11/07/1978 OH District 1 Won 64.46% (+30.59%)</li>
<li>11/02/1976 OH District 01 Won 64.77% (+31.14%)</li>
<li>06/08/1976 OH District 01 - R Primary Won 75.88% (+51.76%)</li>
<li>11/05/1974 OH District 01 Won 50.94% (+1.88%)</li>
<li>05/07/1974 OH District 1 - R Primary Won 52.29% (+7.28%)</li>
<li>03/05/1974 OH District 1 - Special Election Lost 48.08% (-3.83%)</li>
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GRADISON, Willis David, Jr., a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 28, 1928; attended the elementary and secondary schools in Cincinnati; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1949; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass., 1951; D.C.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1954; lawyer, private practice; investment broker; assistant to the Under Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1953-1955; assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955-1957; member, Cincinnati city council, 1961-1974; mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1971; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on January 31, 1993, (January 3, 1975-January 31, 1993); private advocate.

<p>Willis David Gradison Jr. (born December 28, 1928) is an American politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993.</p>

<p>Gradison, a Republican, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University in 1949, a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration in 1951, and a doctor of commercial science degree from the Harvard Business School in 1954.</p>

<p>Gradison worked as an investment broker and then served as assistant to the undersecretary of the treasury (1953–1955), and assistant to the secretary of health, education, and welfare (1955–1957).</p>