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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Harold E. Hughes |
| Address |
, Iowa , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 10, 1922 |
| Died |
October 23, 1996
(74 years) |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | Sesel
May 19, 2013 12:26am |
| Tags |
Caucasian - Very Liberal - Anti-Missile Defense - Anti-Social Security Privatization - Government Reform - Health Care Reform - Jobs/Industrial Growth - Pro-Labor - Pro-Life - Married - Alcoholic - U.S. Army - Methodist - Straight -
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| Info | born near Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, February 10, 1922; attended the public schools and the University of Iowa; Army combat rifleman in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during the Second World War; engaged in motor transportation business; elected to Iowa State Commerce Commission 1959-1962; Governor of Iowa 1963-1968; executive committee, National Governors Conference 1965-1967; chairman Democratic Governors Conference 1966-1968; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1971; served on the Commission on the Operation of the Senate 1975-1976; consultant to the Senate Judiciary Committee 1975-1976; president, The Hughes Foundation; chairman, Harold Hughes Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Treatment; was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa before moving to his retirement home in Glendale, AZ, where he died on October 23, 1996; cremated.
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| U. S. Secretary of State - Sep 21, 1973 |
NPA |
Reject |
| U.S. Attorney General - May 25, 1973 |
NPA |
Reject |
| US President - D Primaries - Jun 06, 1972 |
D |
Edmund S. Muskie |
| IA US President - D Caucuses - Jan 25, 1972 |
D |
Edmund S. Muskie |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
R |
Harry Blackmun |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
NPA |
Reject |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
NPA |
Reject |
| US President - D Convention - Aug 29, 1968 |
D |
Eugene J. McCarthy |
| US President - D Primaries - Jun 11, 1968 |
D |
Robert F. Kennedy |
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