Located on the North Plaza (Broad Street)

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board planted a Buckeye tree on April 28, 2011, in honor of William B. Saxbe, the former Ohio House speaker, Ohio attorney general, U.S. senator, U.S. attorney general and U.S. ambassador. The tree planting was part of the annual Statehouse Arbor Day program. Referring to the U.S. Senate, he told TIME Magazine in 1973, "The first six months I kept wondering how I got here. After that, I started wondering how all of them did."

Saxbe Plaque
This tree is planted in honor of
William B. Saxbe
For his service to Ohio and the United States
COLONEL OHIO NATIONAL GUARD ---- OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1939-1969 ----- 1947-1954
OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL ----- UNITED STATES SENATOR
1957-1959 ----- 1969-1974
1963-1969
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL ---- UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR
1974-1975 ----- 1975-1977
Tree planted-April 28, 2011