Frank Arnold Cremeans (April 5, 1943 – January 2, 2003) was an American small-businessman who represented

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in the

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as a

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. He served one term in Congress, from 1995 to 1997. Cremeans was born in

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. After graduating from

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he earned his B.A. at the

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, in 1965 and his M.A. at

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in 1969. Cremeans, the self-made millionaire owner of a concrete company in

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, was elected in the Republican landslide in 1994, narrowly defeating one-term incumbent

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in Ohio's sixth congressional district. Strickland challenged Cremeans in 1996 to regain the seat. Strickland won by a slim majority thanks to strong Democratic turnout in southeastern Ohio, particularly in Athens County. Cremeans subsequently returned to Gallipolis and his concrete business. In 1998, Cremeans sought to retake his seat from Strickland, but he was defeated in a three-way Republican primary by

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. In March 2000, he challenged GOP incumbent Senator

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in a three way primary, finishing in third place with 8% of the vote. (DeWine drew 80%, and gun show promoter Ronald Dickson drew 12%.) He died in Gallipolis in 2003 due to a respiratory disease.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremeans, Frank 1943 births 2003 deaths Ohio University alumni Deaths from respiratory failure People from Gallia County, Ohio University of Rio Grande alumni 20th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio

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