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Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002.
On October 29, 2002, four days after the death of Minnesota U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone in a small plane crash and one week before the election in which he was running for a third term, a large public memorial event was held in Williams Arena in Minneapolis in remembrance of the senator and seven others killed in the crash. [1] Sen. Paul ...
Chicago, Illinois: U.S. John G. Fary: January 3, 1951 February 15, 1896 Chicago, Illinois: 94th (1975–1977) Jerry Pettis Republican California (37th district) February 14, 1975 58 Plane crash [138] Banning, California: U.S. Shirley Neil Pettis: January 3, 1967 July 18, 1916 Phoenix, Arizona: 94th (1975–1977) Wright Patman Democratic Texas ...
CHICAGO — Billy Lawless, Ireland’s first Senator to be based overseas and the man behind a successful Chicago restaurant group, has died. He was 73. “It is with profound sadness that I share ...
Former Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican career politician and climate change denier, died on Tuesday at 89 years old, his family said in a statement. For more than three decades, Inhofe ...
Democratic Senate candidates Barbara Boxer, left, and Dianne Feinstein raise their arms in victory and wave to supporters at an election rally in San Francisco Nov. 3, 1992.
John Merlo (September 9, 1912 – August 9, 1992) was an American politician, who served for seven terms as an Illinois State Representative, for three years as an Illinois state senator, as well as for two years as a Chicago City Council alderman for Chicago's 44th Ward.
Sandoval was elected in 2002 as state senator and was then sworn into office in 2003. [5] Sandoval questioned the work ethic of Governor Rod Blagojevich during the 2007 budget crisis, as Blagojevich returned to Chicago rather than staying in Springfield for the remainder of the session. [7] Sandoval was part of the Illinois Senate leadership. [8]