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Affiliation | Democratic |
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1985-01-01 |
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Name | Paul M. Simon |
Address | Troy, Illinois , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 29, 1928
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Died | December 09, 2003
(75 years)
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Contributor | COSDem |
Last Modifed | ev Mar 15, 2023 08:15am |
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Caucasian - Widowed - Lutheran - Straight -
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Info | Paul Martin Simon
born in Eugene, Lane County, Oreg., November 29, 1928; attended the public schools of Eugene and Concordia Academy High School, Portland, Oreg.; attended the University of Oregon, Eugene, 1945-1946 and Dana College, Blair, Nebr., 1946-1948; pursued career as a newspaper editor and publisher in Troy, Ill., eventually building a chain of fourteen weeklies; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; teacher at Sangamon State University, Springfield, Ill., 1972-1973, and Harvard University?s John F. Kennedy School of Government 1973; served in the Illinois house of representatives 1955-1963 and in the Illinois State senate 1963-1968; lieutenant governor of Illinois 1969-1973; author; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990 and served from January 3, 1985 to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988; director, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, 1997-.
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