Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Joe Biden (2024).
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Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was originally from Paterson, New Jersey.
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Born 23 January 1924 · Died 3 June 2013 · Q508752
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2024· 2 entries
Lautenberg was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden, a Senate colleague for over two decades
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2016· 1 entry
And named after Lautenberg
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2015).
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2013· 9 entries
Democrat Cory Booker was announced the winner of the special election
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With full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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Christie appointed Republican New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the Senate seat until the elected winner could be sworn in
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His body lay in repose atop the Lincoln Catafalque within the Senate chamber at the Capitol
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Governor Chris Christie announced that a special election to fill the vacant Senate seat would be held on October 16, 2013
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Died 2013-06-03.
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Lautenberg announced he would not seek re-election
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“Is it too late to change my mind?”
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Career landmark: United States senator (2013–2013).
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2012· 1 entry
That would have removed the deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment and a new attempt for the ERA in 2013
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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2010· 3 entries
The senator announced that he was cancer-free
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His office announced that Lautenberg had been diagnosed with a diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (an aggressive but curable blood cancer that appears in organs like the stomach) at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York
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Lautenberg's wealth was estimated to be between $55 million and $116
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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Voted in favor of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, popularly dubbed the stimulus bill
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2008· 3 entries
Saying that deciding not to run for re-election in 2000 "was among the worst decisions of his life
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Campaign: 2008 election.
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Voted to raise taxes on those earning more than $1 million per year
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2007· 4 entries
Lautenberg passed Clifford Case for the most votes on the Senate floor of any United States Senator in New Jersey history
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Lautenberg proposed the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007, designed to deny weapons purchases by persons that the government has placed on the terrorist watchlist
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Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2009).
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Lautenberg voted for an amendment to the 2007 farm bill which would have limited the amount of subsidies that a married couple could receive to $250,000; the amendment failed
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2006· 1 entry
Voted in favor of repealing the Bush-era tax cut on capital gains
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2005· 2 entries
Became a leading voice within the Senate in calling for an investigation into the Bush administration payment of columnists
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Career landmark: United States senator (2005–2007).
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2003· 2 entries
With his name, because he helped allocate federal funds to build it
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Career landmark: United States senator (2003–2005).
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2002· 2 entries
Election won: 2002 election.
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Campaign: 2002 election.
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2000· 1 entry
But denied it was because he thought he would lose to Whitman or Kean, saying that he had been vulnerable in previous elections, and, "Mr
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1999· 3 entries
And Torricelli responded by shouting, "You're a fucking piece of shit, and I'm going to cut your balls off
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Two popular Republicans were considering running against Lautenberg: the incumbent Governor Christine Todd Whitman and former Governor Thomas Kean
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Career landmark: United States senator (1999–2001).
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1997–1999).
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1996· 1 entry
Lautenberg voted against a bill that eliminated the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, the Agency for International Development, and the International Development Coo
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1995–1997).
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1993–1995).
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1991–1993).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded James Madison Award (1990).
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1989· 2 entries
Along with Representative Bruce Morrison, Lautenberg was a primary sponsor of what became known as the Lautenberg Amendment, which first passed in 1989
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Career landmark: United States senator (1989–1991).
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1987–1989).
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1986· 1 entry
That established the Toxics Release Inventory, which required companies to disclose the chemicals they released into the environment
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1985–1987).
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1984· 1 entry
Lautenberg wrote the National Minimum Drinking Age Act that set the national drinking age at 21
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1983–1985).
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1982· 4 entries
Allowing Lautenberg to take office several days before the traditional swearing-in of senators, which gave him an edge in seniority over the other freshman senators
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After being implicated in the Abscam scandal
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Career landmark: United States senator (1982–1983).
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Ran for the Democratic nomination for the U
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1978· 1 entry
Career landmark: commissioner (1978–1982).
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1974· 1 entry
Became the youngest chair ever in the history of the United Jewish Appeal
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1972· 2 entries
In the seat Torricelli was currently occupying
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Earning himself a place on one of Richard Nixon's enemies lists
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1956· 1 entry
Frank Lautenberg married Lois Levenson in 1956; they had four children: Ellen, Nan, Lisa, and Joshua.
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1949· 1 entry
Studied at Columbia Business School (1949).
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1941· 1 entry
Lautenberg served overseas in the 3185th Signal Service Battalion of the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1946
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-01-23.
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