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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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Former U.S. Senator James Buckley, a premier conservative voice in Washington in the 1970s who successfully challenged limits on spending by political candidates while championing student privacy ...
Alice J. Palmer (née Roberts, June 20, 1939 – May 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. [1] Known as a longtime progressive activist, Palmer represented the state's 13th Senate District from June 6, 1991, until January 8, 1997. [2]
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Place of death Place of burial John Murtha Democratic Pennsylvania (12th district)February 8, 2010 77 Infection following gallbladder surgery [19]
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.