Robert T. Bennett

Who is Robert T. Bennett?

As of 2012 Robert T. Bennett was chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, and one of three Ohio representatives to the Republican National Committee, of which he had been a member for more than two decades.

Bennett was elected chairman of the Ohio Republican Party in 1988, and remained until 2009. At the time of his election the party held no statewide offices or legislative majorities; within a decade it had control of all three branches of the Ohio government. During his tenure, Republicans held the Ohio governor's office for 16 years, won every statewide office, held majorities in the Ohio House and Senate, won unanimous control of the Ohio Supreme Court, and won more than 63 percent of all county elective offices in the state.

Bennett qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and an attorney specializing in tax and business law.