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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading Democrat in the state's high-profile Senate contest, suffered a stroke just days before the primary election but was on his way to a "full ...
In 1946, John H. Bankhead II suffered a stroke during a U.S. Senate hearing and died three weeks later. John Sparkman, who had served as U.S. Representative since 1937 and was House Majority Whip, secured the endorsements of party leaders and ran unopposed to win the remainder of Bankhead's term. Sparkman was then re-elected in 1948, 1954, 1960 ...
U.S. Senator: Lost one leg below the knee due to combat injury in the Vietnam War [34] Mark Kirk: Republican: Illinois: U.S. Senator: Had a stroke in 2012, but recovered after nearly a year and a half after receiving physical therapy [35] Jim Langevin: Democratic: Rhode Island: U.S. Representative: Quadriplegic; injured in an accidental ...
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. Senators have been directly elected by state-wide popular vote since the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats are up for election.
During his campaign for Senate last year, Mr Fetterman suffered a stroke which affected his auditory processing. As a result, he now uses speech-to-text technology.
More than five months after experiencing a stroke, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions and often spoke haltingly throughout a highly anticipated debate ...
Johnny Reid Edwards [1] (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the vice presidential nominee under US Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic front-runner for an open Senate seat this fall, said Sunday he had suffered a stroke. "I had a stroke that was caused by a ...