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Republican senator who helped get the Civil Rights Act passed [88] Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce: 1903–1987 Politician, writer, and ambassador [89] Senator Joseph McCarthy: 1908–1957 Known for his principal role in the Red Scare of the 1950s [90] [91] Senator Barry Goldwater: 1909–1998 1964 Republican presidential nominee [35] President ...
He was a Republican, then a Democrat (1932–1947), then a Progressive (1947–1953) 1952 – Wayne Morse, U.S. senator from Oregon (1945–1969), changed from Republican to Independent in 1952 [416] and Independent to Democrat on February 17, 1955 [417] 1974 – D. French Slaughter Jr., while a Virginia state delegate became an independent ...
Nathan Hochman, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division (2008–2009) (Independent; Republican until 2023) (endorsed Kamala Harris) [61] James A. Kelly , Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2001–2005) ( endorsed Kamala Harris ) [ 45 ]
A number of famous faces have endorsed GOP candidates in recent years, but many of them have stopped short of supporting Trump. Celebrities who are Republican -- but don't necessarily support ...
Caucused with the Republican Party. [7] [8] August 1, 2002: 107th: Independent: Republican [9] Phil Gramm: Texas: 6th: 1983: 98th: Democratic: Republican: Gramm resigned his seat as a Democrat on January 5, 1983, and then won a special election as a Republican on February 12, 1983. James W. Grant: Florida: 2nd: February 21, 1989: 101st ...
Thursday night, 10 Republican 2016 hopefuls will take the stage for the Fox News presidential debate. The roster was selected based on averages from the most recent national polls, but there are ...
Watson resigned his seat as a Democrat on February 1, 1965, and then won a special election as a Republican on June 15, 1965. Ogden Reid: New York: 26th: March 22, 1972
Mary Church Terrell (1863 - 1954), Member, District of Columbia Board of Education (1895 - 1906), she was President of the Women's Republican League during Warren G. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign, she was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People