Ted Stevens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ted Stevens

United States Senator from Alaska

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1923

Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 09-Aug-2010

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Ted Stevens

  • Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr.
  • (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
  • He was the longest-serving Republican U.S.
  • Senator in history at the time he left office; his record was surpassed in January 2017 by Orrin Hatch from Utah.
  • He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2007, and was the third U.S.
  • Senator to hold the title of President pro tempore emeritus. Stevens served for six decades in the American public sector, beginning with his service in World War II.
  • In 1952, his law career took him to Fairbanks, Alaska, where he was appointed U.S.
  • Attorney the following year.
  • In 1956, he returned to Washington D.C.
  • to work in the Eisenhower Interior Department, where he played an important role in bringing about statehood for Alaska.
  • He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1964 and became House majority leader in his second term.
  • In 1968, Stevens ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for U.S.
  • Senate, but was appointed to Alaska's other Senate seat when it became vacant later that year.
  • As a Senator, Stevens played key roles in legislation that shaped Alaska's economic and social development, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
  • He was also known for his sponsorship of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which resulted in the establishment of the United States Olympic Committee. In 2008, Stevens was embroiled in a federal corruption trial as he ran for reelection to the Senate.
  • He was initially found guilty and eight days later was narrowly defeated at the polls.
  • Stevens was the most senior U.S.
  • Senator to have ever lost a reelection bid.
  • However, prior to Stevens's sentencing, the indictment was dismissed – effectively vacating the conviction – when a Justice Department probe found evidence of gross prosecutorial misconduct.Stevens died on August 9, 2010, when a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter he and several others were flying in crashed en route to a private fishing lodge.

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