Political Quotes

“this week a giant of a man passed this scene: Robert T. Secrest, age 90, former Democratic Member, former Federal Trade Commission member, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the State Senate, and a former Ohio Director of Commerce. Bob Secrest came to this Congress in 1932 with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected with Jennings Randolph of West Virginia. These were the two oldest former Members. Jennings Randolph still lives. Bob Secrest was the first Member to leave Congress to join the service in World War II, joining the U.S. Navy. In Ohio, he was known as the veterans' veteran. He was called Mr. Veteran, and when he was a Member of this House, he served on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. He was the only person in the history of this Congress ever to be elected three times, one of the most admired and respected gentlemen that I have ever had the chance to meet. He was a confidant and a very personal friend. He was preceded in death only recently by his beautiful wife, Virginia "Dutch" Secrest. He will be missed by all who knew him.”