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Theodore "Ted" Strickland (born August 4, 1941) is an American politician from the state of Ohio. Strickland served as the 68th Governor of Ohio, from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing (1993–1995, 1997–2007). In the 2006 gubernatorial election, Strickland was elected to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent Bob Taft after defeating Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, receiving 60% of the vote. However, he was narrowly defeated (with less than 47% of the vote) for re-election in the 2010 gubernatorial election by former U.S. Representative John Kasich. Strickland currently serves as a member of the Governors' Council at the Bipartisan Policy Center and is the president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. On February 25, 2015, Strickland announced his intention to run for the United States Senate against incumbent Rob Portman. ==Early life== Strickland was born in Lucasville, Ohio, the son of Carrie (Carver) and Charles Orville Strickland, a steelworker.〔http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/6112368/Theodore-Strickland〕 He was one of nine children. A 1959 graduate of Northwest High School, Strickland went on to be the first member of his family to attend college.〔http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1174120535129370.xml&coll=2〕 Strickland was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in psychology from Asbury College in 1963. In 1966, he received a Master of Arts degree in guidance counseling from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Divinity from the Asbury Theological Seminary in 1967. He then returned to the University of Kentucky to earn his Ph.D in counseling psychology in 1980. He is married to Frances Strickland, an educational psychologist and author of a widely used screening test for kindergarten-age children. Strickland worked as a counseling psychologist at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. He was an administrator at a Methodist children's home and was a professor of psychology at Shawnee State University. Strickland is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, although his only known pastoral position within a church was a brief associate pastoral position at Wesley United Methodist Church located at the corner of Offnere and Gallia Streets, Portsmouth, Ohio (now Cornerstone United Methodist Church). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ted Strickland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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