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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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1986-01-01 |
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| Name | Brockman "Brock" Adams |
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Seattle, Washington , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 13, 1927
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| Died | September 10, 2004
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Ex-New Jerseyan |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Apr 20, 2023 06:15am |
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| Info | ADAMS, Brockman (Brock), a Representative and a Senator from Washington; born in Atlanta, Ga., on January 13, 1927; attended the public schools in Portland, Oreg.; graduated, University of Washington, Seattle 1949; graduated, Harvard Law School 1952; served in the United States Navy 1944-1946; admitted to the Washington State bar in 1952 and began practice in Seattle; taught law, American Institute of Banking 1954-1960; United States attorney for the Western District of Washington 1961-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1965, until his resignation on January 22, 1977; chairman, Committee on the Budget (Ninety-fourth Congress); Secretary of Transportation in the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter 1977-1979; resumed the practice of law in Washington State; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986, and served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992; was a resident of Stevensville, Md., until his death, due to complications of Parkinson’s disease, on September 10, 2004; interment in Broad Creek Cemetery in Stevensville.
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