Finding aid for the Martin R. Hoke Congressional Papers


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Hoke, Martin R.
Title: Martin R. Hoke Congressional Papers
Dates: 1976-1996
Dates: 1992-1996
Extent: 4.00 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize volume)
Abstract: Martin R. Hoke is an Ohio Republican who served in the United States House of Representatives for two consecutive terms from 1992-1996. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, he attended Western Reserve Academy and Amherst College. He earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1980. Hoke won Congressional office in Ohio's 10th District in 1992. During his terms as representative, Hoke was a strong supporter of term limits on representatives and advocated a balanced budget. He sponsored or co-sponsored several bills, including the Fan Freedom and Protection Act, the Balanced Budget Act, and Contingent Fee Amendment. Hoke was defeated by Dennis Kucinich in his 1996 re-election campaign. The collection consists of bill information, campaign records, correspondence, expense reports, legislative activity guides, legislative profiles, newspaper clippings, press releases, speeches, volunteer information, and voting records.
MS Number MS 5056
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Biography of Martin R. Hoke

Martin R. Hoke (b. May 18, 1952) is an Ohio Republican who served in the United States House of Representatives for two consecutive terms from 1992-1996. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Hoke graduated from Western Reserve Academy and attended Amherst College where he graduated in 1973. He went on to attend Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he earned a law degree in 1980. He practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, and became the founder of a cellular telephone company.

Martin Hoke won congressional office in Ohio's 10th District in 1992 by defeating the incumbent of 16 years, Mary Rose Oakar. During his terms as representative, Hoke was a strong supporter of term limits on representatives, advocated a balanced budget, and was a sponsor and co-sponsor of several bills. Some of the bills he sponsored and co-sponsored were the Fan Freedom and Protection Act which came about in response to the departure of the Cleveland Browns football team, as well as the Balanced Budget Act and Contingent Fee Amendment. He favored more prisons, law enforcement, and effective death penalty provisions in laws, in line with the "Contract with America" agenda that he along with many other Republican representatives signed on to in 1994. He was defeated by Dennis Kucinich in his 1996 re-election campaign.


Scope and Content

The Martin R. Hoke Congressional Papers, 1976-1996 and undated (bulk dates 1992-1996), consist of bill information, campaign records, correspondence, expense reports, legislative activity guides, legislative profiles, newspaper clippings, press releases, speeches, volunteer information, and voting records.

This collection is of value to researchers studying the political history of Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio, and the 10th District of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. Researchers interested in the life and career of Martin Hoke will also find this collection useful. This collection will be useful to those studying the Republican resurgence in the United States Congress during the decade of the 1990s under the leadership of Newt Gingrich. An interesting aspect of Hoke's victory in 1992 was that he was the first Republican in three decades to represent an area of Cleveland considered significantly Democratic. Also, those interested in Cleveland's sports history with regard to the Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act and its impact on Cleveland's sport history and the community will find this collection useful. Researchers studying balanced budget acts, campaign finance acts, and congressional term limitation acts, issues of high importance to Hoke, will also find this collection useful.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series.
Series I: Legislative Records is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.
Series II: Press Relations is arranged alphabetically by document type and then chronologically.
Series III: Personal/Political/Official is arranged alphabetically by document type, then alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Budget deficits -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Hoke, Martin R.
Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Legislators -- Ohio.
Legislators -- United States.
Ohio -- Law and legislation.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Term limits (Public office) -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5056 Martin R. Hoke Congressional Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Martin R. Hoke in 1998.

Processing Information

Processed by Nicholas Durda in 2010.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Legislative Records 1976-1996

Box Folder
1 1 Balanced Budget Act 1995
1 2 Campaign Finance Act 1993
1 3 Committee correspondence, House Committee on the Judiciary 1995-1996
1 4 Congressional Handbooks 1995-1996
1 5-7 Contingent Fee Amendment 1955
1 8-10 Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act 1995
1 11 Gambling Advertising Act 1995
1 12 Martin Hoke Statements in Congressional Record 1993
1 13-15 House voting record 1995-1996
1 16-23 Legislative Activity Guide 1993-1996
1 24-25 Legislative Profile 1993-1996
1 26-28 Miscellaneous binder, Representative Robert K. Dornan documents 1976-1994
Box Folder
2 1-2 Missed votes 1993-1994
2 3 Punitive Damage Amendment 1995
2 4 Three-Fifths FederalTax Rule 1995
2 5-9 Voting Record in regards to interest groups 1990-1994 undated

Series II: Press Relations 1992-1996 undated

Box Folder
2 10-15 Newspaper clippings 1995-1995
2 16-18 Press releases 1992-1996
2 19 Speeches 1993 undated

Series III: Personal/Political/Official 1992-1996

Box Folder
2 20-26 Campaign volunteer information 1996 undated
Box Folder
3 1-3 Campaign volunteer information 1996 undated
3 4-5 Campaign volunteer letters and related documents 1994 undated
3 6-8 Correspondence (campaign, Mrs. Chisholm Halle, United States Department of Justice, and United States Department of the Treasury) 1995-1996
3 9 Office management files, expense report 1993-1994
Box Folder
4 1-6 Office management files, expense report 1993-1996
Box Folder
5 1-2 Office management files, expense report 1996
Volume
1 Scrapbook 1992-1993 undated