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Former congressman's son finds job with House Ways and Means Committee

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 5, 2015

The son of former Ohio congressman Bill Gradison may not be elected to Congress, but his new job puts him in familiar territory for the family.

Andrew Gradison has started as staff assistant on the House Ways and Means Committee after working as an intern with the committee since August. He also interned for Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in 2011 during college.

Portman, who once served as Bill Gradison's intern in the 1970's, succeeded him in the House in 1993. 

Bill Gradison served in Congress between 1975 and 1993 and was a ranking member of the health subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee. He later lobbied on health issues, registering as a lobbyist with Patton Boggs LLP until 2003.

Andrew Gradison also followed his father to Patton Boggs, where he was a public policy intern in 2012. He graduated from Georgetown Day School, then earned a bachelor's in sociology from the College of Charleston in 2013. After graduating, the new staff assistant also worked as a business development consultant at Oracle Corp. for a year before starting as a Ways and Means intern.