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George Turner (February 25, 1850 – January 26, 1932) was a jurist and diplomat who served one term as a United States senator from Washington. Born in Edina, Missouri , he attended the common schools and served as a military telegraph operator with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865.
Party Years in office Prior experience John J. Carson: Republican [3] September 28, 1948 – March 31, 1953 Journalist, The Baltimore Sun [4] Stephen J. Spingarn: Democratic: October 25, 1950 – September 25, 1953 Assistant General Counsel, Department of the Treasury [5] Caspar Weinberger: Republican December 31, 1969 – August 6, 1970
His switch became the only time in US history that a party switch resulted in a change of party control of the Senate. [29] [30] Robert M. La Follette Jr. Wisconsin: May 1934: 74th: Republican: Wisconsin Progressive: Co-founded the Wisconsin Progressive Party and was re-elected to Senate on that ticket in 1934 and 1940. [31] 1946: 79th ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With contests in 16 states and American Samoa, the Super Tuesday primaries will be the largest day of voting of the year outside of the November election.
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1999 – Bob Smith, U.S. senator from New Hampshire (1990–2003), left the Republican Party on July 13, 1999, while running for the party's presidential nomination; became an independent and declared himself a candidate for the U.S. Taxpayers Party presidential nomination and an independent candidate. On November 1, 1999, he returned to the ...