| LC control no. | n 79148254 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Proxmire, William, 1915-2005 |
| Variant(s) | Proxmire, Bill, 1915-2005 Proxmire, Edward William, 1915-2005 |
| Birth date | 1915-11-11 |
| Death date | 2005-12-15 |
| Place of birth | Lake Forest (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Yale University Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration United States. Congress. Senate Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | Proxmire, E. One foot in Washington, 1964, c1963. NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Proxmire, William, 1915-); NUCMC files (Proxmire, William; b. 1915) Your joy ride to health, c1993: CIP t.p. (Bill Proxmire) galley (in copr: William (Bill) Proxmire) New York times WWW site, Dec. 16, 2005 (William Proxmire; b. Edward William Proxmire, Nov. 11, 1915, Lake Forest, Ill.; d. yesterday [Dec. 15, 2005], Sykesville, Md., aged 90; political maverick during 32 years in the Senate who crusaded against government waste and irritated presidents and lawmakers from both parties because of his contempt for the mutual back-scratching most politicians engage in) Biographical directory of the United States Congress online, viewed December 14, 2023 (Proxmire, William, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Lake Forest, Lake County, Ill., November 11, 1915; attended the public schools of Lake Forest and the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa.; graduated, Yale University 1938, Harvard Business School 1940, and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1948; during the Second World War served in the Military Intelligence Service 1941-1946, member, Wisconsin State assembly 1951-1952; businessman; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1952, 1954 and 1956; elected in a special election on August 27, 1957, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph R. McCarthy, for the term ending January 3, 1959; reelected in 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976 and 1982, and served from August 28, 1957, to January 3, 1989; chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth, Ninety-sixth, and One Hundredth Congresses); not a candidate for reelection in 1988; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death on December 15, 2005; interment in Lake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Illinois.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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