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Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger, a Minnesota Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88. Durenberger ...
David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995.
In addition to the general sense of dissatisfaction voters felt for the DFL, the party also had to contend with a large number of liberal DFLers crossing party lines to vote for Durenberger. As a result, Durenberger won in a 26.9-percent landslide as the governorship and both U.S. Senate seats switched into Republican hands.
As of January 2025, a total of 2,018 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). [1] In the party affiliation column, if a senator switched parties and served non-consecutive terms, their affiliation for each term is listed on the corresponding line.
Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in public service in the state long after he left ...
Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress S. Otis Bland Democratic Virginia (1st district) February 16, 1950 77 Cerebral hemorrhage [1] Bethesda, Maryland: U.S. Edward J. Robeson Jr. July 2, 1918 May 4, 1872 Gloucester, Virginia: 81st (1949–1951) Ralph E. Church Republican Illinois (13th district) March 21 ...
David Pryor was considered one of the party’s giants in Arkansas, alongside former President Bill Clinton and the late U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers. He also served in the U.S. House and the Arkansas Legislature, and remained active in public life in recent years, including being appointed to the University of Arkansas’ Board of Trustees in 2009.
Bumpers, a folksy and eloquent Southern Democrat who was a close friend of younger fellow Arkansan Clinton, served in the Senate for 24 years. Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and US senator ...