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The Republican Party's Lincoln Day event was coming up, and Mary Regula was filling in for her husband, an Ohio politician who had been asked to speak about President Abraham Lincoln. Instead, Regula, a former teacher who had studied American history in college, began researching first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Mike Hanke, retired editor and general manager of the Canton Repository, knew Regula from the days when -- as a new reporter -- he covered the congressman's run for the first of what would be 18-terms in the U.S. House. "He was a very kind and gentle individual, but I would say that I think he is probably going to be remembered for his constituency service.
A former Ohio congressman elected to 18 terms in the U.S. House has died. Ralph Regula was 92. Regula represented Canton and northeastern Ohio for 36 years before retiring in 2008.
The district Regula represented before his 2009 retirement included all of Stark and Wayne counties and parts of Ashland and Medina counties. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio offered his condolences on Regula's passing, in part, saying, ""Without Ralph, there would be no Cuyahoga Valley National Park.