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Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serving Senator from Wisconsin.
William Proxmire: A Featured Biography. William Proxmire ran in a special election in August of 1957 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy. Considered an underdog, Proxmire shocked many by emerging victorious.
16 de dic. de 2005 · William Proxmire, a 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...
15 de dic. de 2005 · William Proxmire of Wisconsin, the longtime gadfly of the United States Senate who thrived on exposing frivolous federal spending and dispensed Golden Fleece Awards to spotlight what he...
William Proxmire was a U.S. Senator (D-WI) and political maverick famous for his penny-pinching attitude toward government spending and his courage in taking unpopular stands. He helped revive the Wisconsin Democratic Party in the early 1950s and represented the state in Congress for more than 30 years.
Senator William Proxmire. On August 27, 1957, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson breathed a long sigh of relief. A special election in Wisconsin to fill the Senate seat recently vacated by the death of Republican senator Joseph McCarthy had been considered too close to call.
15 de dic. de 2005 · Former Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire, the political maverick who became Congress' leading scourge of big spending and government waste, died today. He was 90.
