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Lukens' political career ended when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.<ref>Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D9143CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case]</ref> | Lukens' political career ended when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.<ref>Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D9143CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case]</ref> | ||
| − | Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and subsequent Speaker [[John Boehner]]. Before that election, Lukens was charged with fondling a [[U.S. Capitol|Capitol]] elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a [[psychologist]].<ref>[ | + | Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and subsequent Speaker [[John Boehner]]. Before that election, Lukens was charged with fondling a [[U.S. Capitol|Capitol]] elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a [[psychologist]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm Congressional Sex Scandals in History]</ref> |
"Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000509 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]</ref> Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the [[House Banking Scandal]] investigated by a task force in 1995. He retired to [[Florida]] but died of throat [[cancer]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] at the age of seventy-nine. He was [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lukens&GSfn=Donald+&GSmn=E&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=53165507&df=all&|title=Donald Edgar Lukens|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 26, 2018}}</ref> | "Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000509 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]</ref> Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the [[House Banking Scandal]] investigated by a task force in 1995. He retired to [[Florida]] but died of throat [[cancer]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] at the age of seventy-nine. He was [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lukens&GSfn=Donald+&GSmn=E&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=53165507&df=all&|title=Donald Edgar Lukens|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=April 26, 2018}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:59, September 9, 2018
| Donald Edgar "Buz" Lukens | |
U.S. Representative for Ohio's 8th congressional district
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| In office January 3, 1987 – October 24, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Kindness |
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| Succeeded by | John Boehner |
U.S. Representative for Ohio's 24th congressional district
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| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Newly-established district |
| Succeeded by | Walter E. Powell |
Ohio State Senator for District 4
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| In office January 3, 1971 – January 2, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Walter E. Powell |
| Succeeded by | Barry Levey |
| Born | February 11, 1931 Harveysburg Warren County, Ohio |
| Died | May 22, 2010 (aged 79) Dallas, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Middletown, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University University of Maryland at College Park |
Donald Edgar Lukens, known as Buz Lukens (born February 11, 1931 – May 22, 2010), was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He was elected in 1966 and served just one term. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1970, but lost in the pruimary to incumbent James A. Rhodes. He then successfully ran for the Ohio State Senate, in which he served from 1971 to 1986. When incumbent U.S. Representative Tom Kindness, a Democrat, ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1986, Lukens decided to run for Kindness' open House seat and was elected to the 101st Congress beginning in 1987. He was reelected to his third nonconsecutive House term in 1988.
Lukens' political career ended when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.[1][2]
Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and subsequent Speaker John Boehner. Before that election, Lukens was charged with fondling a Capitol elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a psychologist.[3]
"Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.[4] Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the House Banking Scandal investigated by a task force in 1995. He retired to Florida but died of throat cancer in Dallas, Texas at the age of seventy-nine. He was cremated.[5]
References
- ↑ Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989
- ↑ Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case
- ↑ Congressional Sex Scandals in History
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- ↑ Donald Edgar Lukens. Old.findagrave.com. Retrieved on April 26, 2018.
