Slade Gorton
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Thomas Slade Gorton III (born January 8, 1928) is an American politician. A Republican, he was a U.S. senator from Washington state from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 2001. He held both of the state''s Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice as an incumbent: in 1986 by Brock Adams, and in 2000 by Maria Cantwell after a recount. Gorton was twice both Senior Senator (1983-87, 1993-2001) and Junior Senator (1981-83, 1989-93). Gorton was born in Chicago, Illinois and served in the United States Army from 1945 until 1946. He then attended and graduated from Dartmouth College. He graduated from Columbia Law School, and served in the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1956, continuing to serve in the Air Force reserves until 1980. Meanwhile, he practiced law, and entered politics in 1958, being elected to the state legislature of Washington, in which he served from 1959 until 1969, becoming one of the highest-ranking members. He was then Attorney General of Washington from 1969 until he entered the United States Senate in 1981.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- Titel Slade Gorton
- Format Fachbuch
- EAN 9786130928964
- Größe H220mm x B220mm
- Herausgeber Betascript Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 148
- Editor Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
- Genre Geschichte
- GTIN 09786130928964
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