Tyrone Yates
Tyrone Yates | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 33rd district | |
| In office 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Britton |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Profession | attorney at law |
Tyrone K. Yates is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 33rd District since 2003.
A Cincinnati native, Representative Yates is a 1972 graduate of Withrow High School. He is a 1978 graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. degree in History and holds the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toledo College of Law. He has studied at both the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and the Harvard Law School in executive programs. While an undergraduate, Yates served on the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees as a Student Representative and was elected also to the Governing Board of the University of Toledo College of Law. Yates won the University of Cincinnati's Jones Prize for Oratorical Excellence in 1978. Yates was a member of Cincinnati City Council from 1990 to 1999 and served as Vice-Mayor of Cincinnati for two terms.
Representative Yates is a former Senior Warden of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, UC honorary Sigma Sigma, and is a Life member of the Navy League of the United States, the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP), and the American Angus (cattle) Association.
Yates was a Delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts and a Barack Obama Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Yates is currently writing a book on the Kennedy Administration focusing on the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi in 1962 "but the pace is very slow."
Yates serves on the Finance and Appropriations, Ways and Means, Civil and Commercial, and Criminal Justice Committees. He chairs the Committee on Criminal Justice. He also serves on the State Criminal Sentencing Commission and the Correctional Institution Inspections Committee. Yates was also appointed to the special legislative committee which is charged with recommending a distinguished Ohioan to be represented among the significant Americans in statuary hall in the United States Capitol. He is a former member of the Ohio Arts Council.
See also
Election Results, City Council of Cincinnati, Ohio
External links
- Ohio House of Representatives - Tyrone Yates official OH House website
- State Representative Tyrone K. Yates official campaign website
- Project Vote Smart - Representative Tyrone Yates (OH) profile
- Follow the Money - Tyrone Yates
- Ohio Legislative Black Caucus
