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  Schweiker, Richard S.
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NameRichard S. Schweiker
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Worcester, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born June 01, 1926
DiedJuly 31, 2015 (89 years)
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Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Dec 03, 2015 12:28pm
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Infoborn in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 1, 1926; graduated, Pennsylvania State University 1950; during the Second World War, enlisted in the United States Navy and served aboard an aircraft carrier 1944-1946; ten years of business experience as manufacturing and sales executive; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1968; reelected in 1974, and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1981; was not a candidate for reelection in 1980; Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald W. Reagan 1981-1983; president, American Council of Life Insurance 1983 to present; is a resident of McLean, Virginia.

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RACES
  01/21/1981 Secretary of Health & Human Services Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/19/1976 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 0.09% (-84.95%)
  11/05/1974 PA US Senate Won 53.00% (+7.11%)
  11/05/1968 PA US Senate Won 51.90% (+6.10%)
  04/23/1968 PA US Senate - R Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1966 PA District 13 Won 72.48% (+44.97%)
  05/17/1966 PA District 13 - R Primary Won 74.09% (+48.18%)
  11/03/1964 PA District 13 Won 59.08% (+18.16%)
  11/06/1962 PA District 13 Won 66.57% (+33.13%)
  11/08/1960 PA District 13 Won 61.77% (+23.54%)
  04/26/1960 PA District 13 - R Primary Won 53.29% (+6.58%)
ENDORSEMENTS
PA US Senate - R Primary - Apr 22, 1980 R Harold F. "Bud" Haabestad
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 R Ronald Reagan
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
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
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger