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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Richard S. Schweiker |
Address | Worcester, Pennsylvania , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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June 01, 1926
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Died | July 31, 2015
(89 years)
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Contributor | RP |
Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur Dec 03, 2015 12:28pm |
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Info | born 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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ENDORSEMENTS |
PA US Senate - R Primary - Apr 22, 1980 |
R |
Harold F. "Bud" Haabestad |
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 |
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Ronald Reagan |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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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 |
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Warren E. Burger |
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