| LC control no. | n 90706385 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gorton, Slade, 1928-2020 |
| Variant(s) | Gorton, Thomas Slade, 1928-2020 |
| See also | Corporate body: Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (U.S.) |
| Birth date | 1928-01-08 |
| Death date | 2020-08-19 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate. United States. Congress. Senate. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Reassessing U.S. strategic forces, 1990: CIP t.p. (Slade Gorton) galley (Senator) WW in America, 1980/1989 (Gorton, Slade; b. 1/8/1928; Senator from Washington) Biographical directory of the United States Congress online, viewed August 7, 2012 (Gorton, Thomas Slade, III (Slade), a Senator from Washington; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 8, 1928) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 18, 2020 (Gorton, Thomas Slade (Slade), III, A Senator from Washington; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 8, 1928; attended public schools in Evanston, Ill.; graduated, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1950, Columbia University Law School, New York City 1953; served in the United States Army 1945-1946, United States Air Force, lieutenant, 1953-1956, United States Air Force Reserve, colonel, 1956-1980; admitted to the Washington State bar in 1953 and commenced practice in Seattle; served in the Washington State house of representatives 1959-1969, majority leader 1967-1969; Washington State attorney general 1969-1981; member, President's Consumer Advisory Council 1975-1977; member, Washington State Law and Justice Commission 1969-1980; member, State Criminal Justice Training Commission 1969-1980; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1980, and served from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1986; resumed the practice of law; elected again as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1988; reelected in 1994 and served from January 3, 1989, to January 3, 2001; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2000; member, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (9-11 Commission) 2003-2004; was a resident of Seattle, Washington, until his death on August 19, 2020) |
| Associated language | eng |
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