* Harrison Schmitt ( born 1935 ), American former astronaut and New Mexico Senator ; twelfth man to walk on the Moon

McCullough worked as legislative counsel for New Mexico Senator Harrison Schmitt, as a counsel to the United States Senate, and finally as an assistant United States Attorney in the eastern district of North Carolina from 1981 through 1996, when he left to enter private practice.

The day passed without incident in spite of the warning of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri: `` Baker, you will have the streets of our American cities running with blood on registration day ''.

The Senator had boxed them in with their own restrictions.

When Tennessee seceded, though the vote did not win a majority in East Tennessee, Johnson was forced to flee from the state with armed security ; he was in fact the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in Congress.

Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, leader of the moderate Republicans and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was anxious to reach a compromise with the President.

Capp peopled his comic strip with an assortment of memorable characters, including Marryin ' Sam, Hairless Joe, Lonesome Polecat, Evil-Eye Fleegle, General Bullmoose, Lena the Hyena, Senator Jack S. Phogbound ( Capp's caricature of the anti-New Deal Dixiecrats ), the ( shudder!

During the McCarthy Era in 1947, when US Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claimed that the federal government and other institutions were riddled with Communists, the US House began hearings about purported communist influence in Hollywood.

Eisenhower requested consideration for either Annapolis or West Point with his U. S. Senator, Joseph L. Bristow.

Senator Taft assisted the President greatly in working with the Old Guard, and was sorely missed when his death left Eisenhower with his successor William Knowland, whom Eisenhower disliked.

Reformers were led by Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who favored modification ( but ultimately voted for the defense authorization bill with the gay ban language ), and Barry Goldwater, a former Republican Senator and a retired Major General, who argued on behalf of allowing service by open gays and lesbians.

However, Republican Dino Rossi narrowly carried the city over Democratic Senator Patty Murray in the 2010 Senate race with 50. 7 percent of the vote to Murray's 49. 3 percent.

* 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.

LaGuardia supported Roosevelt, chairing the Independent Committee for Roosevelt and Wallace with Senator George Norris during the 1940 presidential election.

In 1996, he took a comedic turn as ultra-conservative Senator Kevin Keeley in The Birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

The new family car was loosely based on the Opel Rekord E body shell, but with the front from the Opel Senator grafted to accommodate the larger Holden six-cylinder and V8 engines.

Hoover's reputation, experience, and popularity coalesced to give him the nomination on the first ballot, with Senator Charles Curtis named as his running mate.

Also attending the same meeting were Senator Dick Durbin and John Boehner ; the same day ( trade effective the next day ), Durbin sold mutual-fund shares worth $ 42, 696, and reinvested it all with Warren Buffett.

Adams, as a Senator, had supported the Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson's Embargo Act, actions which made him very unpopular with Massachusetts Federalists.

In January 2011 Senator Freddie Cohen was appointed as Assistant Chief Minister with responsibility for UK and International Relations ( in effect, Jersey's first Foreign Minister ).

Lynch defeated Republican challenger Joseph Kenney, a State Senator and U. S. Marine, 70 % to 28 %, with 2 % of the vote won by the Libertarian candidate.

In February 1865, Booth became infatuated with Lucy Lambert Hale, the daughter of U. S. Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire, and they became secretly engaged when Booth received his mother's blessing for their marriage plans.

In 1975, the activities of COINTELPRO were investigated by the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, called the Church Committee after its chairman, Senator Frank Church ( D-Idaho ), and these activities were declared illegal and contrary to the Constitution.

In 1848 Senator Davis introduced the first of several proposed amendments to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ; this one would annex most of northeastern Mexico and failed with a vote of 44 to 11.

He was serving in the Michigan Senate when he enrolled at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Cooley, having served as a Michigan State Senator since 1979.

In 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt, then-President William Howard Taft, and Senator Robert LaFollette fought for ideological control of the Republican Party and each denounced the other two as " not really Republican ".

It was a series of peaceful demonstrations against the authoritarian regime of then-President Ferdinand Marcos that increased after the 1983 assassination of opposition Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. A tainted snap election on 7 February 1986 and a call by the local Catholic hierarchy sparked mass demonstrations in Metro Manila from 22-25 February that ousted Marcos, with Benigno's widow opposition candidate Corazon replacing him as President and ushering in the present Fifth Republic.

In 1976, Ronald Reagan, who was trailing President Gerald R. Ford in the presidential delegate count, announced prior to the Republican National Convention that, if nominated, he would select Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate.

* July 26 – In Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan announces his choice of liberal U. S. Senator Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate Republican delegates away from President Gerald Ford.

* November 26 – Iran-Contra Affair: U. S. President Ronald Reagan announces that on December 1 former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the scandal ( they became known as the Tower Commission ).

During this service, he first drew the attention of Republican State Senator Donald Grunsky, who would later recommend him to governor-elect Ronald Reagan.

Simon's come-from-behind win reflected both the GOP's dissatisfaction with Riordan's inability to appeal to the GOP base ( he had publicly insulted George Deukmejian, California's most popular Republican governor since Ronald Reagan, and it was revealed that he had supported Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein with campaign contributions ) and support for Simon's straight-conservative image.

* Richard Schweiker, U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1969 – 1981 and Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983

Ronald Lee " Ron " Wyden ( born May 3, 1949 ) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party.

Mary Elizabeth Alexander " Liddy " Hanford Dole ( born July 29, 1936 ) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as as a United States Senator.

Many clustered around Senator Henry " Scoop " Jackson, a Democrat, but they later aligned themselves with Ronald Reagan and the Republicans, who promised to confront pro-Soviet communist expansion.

Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U. S. Senator from California, the first notable U. S. actor to make the successful transition to politics, predating Ronald W. Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The governor supported Gerald Ford for president in 1976, while Republican U. S. Senator Jesse Helms supported Ronald Reagan.

Past convocation speakers have included Presidential candidate John McCain, President Ronald Reagan, President George H. W. Bush, Senator Ted Kennedy Rev.

Victory went to a slate of delegates pledged to Ronald W. Reagan and headed by future State Senator John N. Leedom.

On July 8, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1986 into law that contained a daylight saving rider authored by Senator Slade Gorton ( R-WA ).

Tony pulls some strings with former Assemblyman, now State Senator, Ronald Zellman to get A. J.

In 1980, with the benefit of Ronald Reagan's North Carolina influence, East narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Robert Burren Morgan, largely on the strength of political advertising about Morgan's involvement with the turnover of the Panama Canal to the government of Panama.

She also interviews an Earth Alliance Senator named Ronald Quantrell, who equivocates on the Project's success and claims that Earth only supported the station immediately after the Earth – Minbari War, when Earth's weakness forced it to promote galactic peace.

* Senator From New York: Ronald Taylor ( F )

Ray was bested by then-state Senator Jim McDermott among the Democratic candidates, but Spellman defeated defeated McDermott by a lopsided margin in the general election in a year Republicans made big political gains across the country, including the victory of Ronald Reagan over incumbent Jimmy Carter in that year's Presidential race.

He reportedly has since dated Mick Jagger's former wife Bianca Jagger and Ronald Perelman's ex-wife Patricia Duff, as well as conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham, and U. S. Senator Maria Cantwell.

State Senator Ronald Rice had initially blocked the nomination, but relented on June 15, 2007, after a meeting with the governor.

Ronald J. Duhamel, PC ( March 2, 1938 – September 30, 2002 ) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator.

Also competing for that nomination were Dennis R. Flynn of Glen Ridge, Newark Councilmen Donald Payne Jr. ( son of the congressman ), Ronald C. Rice ( son of State Senator Ronald Rice ), Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith, and Cathy Wright of Newark.