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  Stafford, Robert T.
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameRobert T. Stafford
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Rutland, Vermont , United States
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Born August 08, 1913
DiedDecember 23, 2006 (93 years)
ContributorRP
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Jan 16, 2023 04:35pm
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InfoSTAFFORD, Robert Theodore, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Rutland, Vt., August 8, 1913; educated in the public schools of Rutland; graduated, Middlebury College 1935; attended the University of Michigan Law School; graduated, Boston University Law School 1938; Rutland County prosecuting attorney 1938-1942; during the Second World War served on active duty in the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander 1942-1946, and during the Korean conflict 1951-1953; captain in the United States Navy Reserve; Rutland County State's attorney 1947-1951; deputy State attorney general 1953-1955; State attorney general 1955-1957; lieutenant governor 1957-1959; Governor of Vermont 1959-1961; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress in 1960; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation from the House of Representatives, September 16, 1971, to accept appointment the same day to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Winston L. Prouty; elected by special election January 7, 1972, to complete the unexpired term ending January 3, 1977; reelected in 1976 and again in 1982 and served from September 16, 1971, to January 3, 1989; not a candidate for reelection in 1988; chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses); died on December 23, 2006, in Rutland, Vt.; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vt.

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Dec 23, 2006 09:40pm Obituary Former Vermont Senator Robert Stafford Dies, Was Vocal Champion Of Student Loan Program and Environmentalist  Article Thomas Walker 

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RACES
  11/02/1982 VT US Senate Won 50.32% (+3.04%)
  09/14/1982 VT US Senate - R Primary Won 46.38% (+11.59%)
  11/02/1976 VT US Senate Won 50.00% (+4.66%)
  09/14/1976 VT US Senate - R Primary Won 68.70% (+37.90%)
  01/07/1972 VT US Senate - Special Election Won 64.32% (+30.90%)
  09/16/1971 VT US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 VT - At-Large Won 68.04% (+38.93%)
  09/08/1970 VT - At-Large - R Primary Won 84.61% (+69.28%)
  11/05/1968 VT - At-Large Won 99.91% (+99.82%)
  09/10/1968 VT - At-Large - D Primary Won 40.35% (+6.95%)
  11/08/1966 VT - At-Large Won 65.63% (+31.27%)
  11/03/1964 VT - At-Large Won 57.79% (+15.59%)
  11/06/1962 VT - At-Large Won 56.71% (+13.42%)
  11/08/1960 VT - At-Large Won 57.17% (+14.33%)
  09/06/1960 VT - At-Large - R Primary Won 53.02% (+25.65%)
  11/04/1958 VT Governor Won 50.29% (+0.58%)
  11/06/1956 VT Lt. Governor Won 60.83% (+21.66%)
  11/02/1954 VT Attorney General Won 57.24% (+14.48%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 2000 R Elizabeth H. Dole
VT US President - R Primary - Mar 01, 1988 R Robert J. "Bob" Dole
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 R Anthony M. Kennedy
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1988 R Robert J. "Bob" Dole
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist