# Charles H. Percy

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American businessman and U.S. senator

Charles Percy Official portrait, 1977 United States Senator from Illinois In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985 Preceded by Paul Douglas Succeeded by Paul Simon Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1985 Preceded by Frank Church Succeeded by Richard Lugar Personal details Born Charles Harting Percy (1919-09-27)September 27, 1919 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. Died September 17, 2011(2011-09-17) (aged 91) Washington, D.C., U.S. Resting place Oak Hill Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. Party Republican Spouses Jeanne Valerie Dickerson ​ ​ (m. 1943; died 1947)​ Loraine Diane Guyer ​ (m. 1950)​ Children 5, including Sharon Education University of Chicago (BA) Military service Allegiance United States Branch/service United States Navy Years of service 1943–1945 Rank Lieutenant Battles/wars World War II [1][2][3]

**Charles Harting Percy** (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011),[4] also known as **Chuck Percy**, was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the [Bell & Howell Corporation](/source/B%C3%B6we_Bell_%26_Howell) from 1949 to 1964, and served as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) [U.S. senator](/source/U.S._senator) from [Illinois](/source/Illinois) from 1967 until 1985, following a defeat to [Paul Simon](/source/Paul_Simon_(politician)). He was mentioned as a Republican presidential hopeful from 1968 through 1988. During his Senate career, Percy concentrated on business and foreign relations.[5]

## Early life and education

Charles Harting Percy was born in [Pensacola](/source/Pensacola%2C_Florida), the seat of [Escambia County](/source/Escambia_County%2C_Florida) in far northwestern [Florida](/source/Florida), the son of Edward H. Percy and the former Elizabeth Harting.[6] His father, an [Alabama](/source/Alabama) native descended from illustrious colonial-era [Mississippians](/source/Mississippi) and [Virginians](/source/Virginia), was at various times an automobile salesman and bank cashier. His Illinois-born mother was a [concert violinist](/source/Violin). Edward was a son of Charles Brown Percy and Helen Leila Herndon of the powerful Herndon family of Virginia.[7][8] Elizabeth Harting was a daughter of Phineas Fredrick Harting and Belle Aschenbach.[9]

The family moved to [Chicago](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois) when Percy was an infant. As a child, he had entrepreneurial energy and held jobs while attending school. In the mid-1930s, his pluck brought him to the attention of his [Sunday school](/source/Sunday_school) teacher, Joseph McNabb, the president of [Bell & Howell](/source/Bell_%26_Howell), then a small [camera](/source/Camera) company.

Percy completed high school at [New Trier High School](/source/New_Trier_High_School). He entered the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) on a half tuition scholarship, and worked his way through college with several part-time jobs. He completed his degree in [economics](/source/Economics) in 1941, and was a member of the [Alpha Delta Phi](/source/Alpha_Delta_Phi) fraternity.[1][6]

## Business career

Percy started at Bell & Howell in 1938 as an apprentice and sales trainee while he was still in college. In 1939 he worked at [Crowell Collier](/source/Crowell_Collier).

He returned to Bell & Howell in 1941 to work full-time after graduating from the University of Chicago. Astute at business, within a year he was appointed a [director of the company](/source/Board_of_directors). Percy served three years in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and returned to the company in 1945.[3]

In 1949, the [Jaycees](/source/Junior_Chamber) named Percy one of the "Outstanding Young Men in America", along with [Gerald R. Ford Jr.](/source/Gerald_R._Ford_Jr.), of [Michigan](/source/Michigan), future [U.S. president](/source/U.S._president), and [John Ben Shepperd](/source/John_Ben_Shepperd), future [Texas attorney general](/source/Texas_attorney_general).[10]

After Joseph McNabb died in 1949, Percy was made the [president](/source/President_(corporate_title)) of Bell & Howell. He was instrumental in leading the company during a period of financial success and growth.[11] During his leadership, Percy expanded Bell & Howell, raising revenues 32-fold and the number of employees 12-fold, and listing the company on the [New York Stock Exchange](/source/New_York_Stock_Exchange). While continuing to manufacture movie cameras and movie and sound projectors for military, commercial, and home use, in the late 1940s the company diversified into the production of [microfilm](/source/Microfilm). It later entered the rapidly expanding markets of information services as well.

## Political career

In the late 1950s, Percy decided to enter politics. With the encouragement of then [U.S. President](/source/U.S._President) [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower), Percy helped to write *Decisions for a Better America*, which proposed a set of long-range goals for the Republican Party. He belonged to the moderate and liberal wing of the Republican party, led by Eisenhower during his presidency and later closely identified with [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) Governor [Nelson A. Rockefeller](/source/Nelson_A._Rockefeller). In 1958, Percy served on the Rockefeller Foundation's Special Study Fund, essentially working as an informal advisor to Rockefeller's campaign for Governor of New York.[12]

Percy first entered electoral politics with a run for [governor of Illinois](/source/Governor_of_Illinois) in [1964](/source/1964_Illinois_gubernatorial_election), which he narrowly lost to [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) incumbent [Otto Kerner](/source/Otto_Kerner%2C_Jr.).[11] During his gubernatorial campaign, Percy reluctantly endorsed conservative Republican [presidential nominee](/source/1964_United_States_presidential_election) [Barry Goldwater](/source/Barry_Goldwater), his future Senate colleague. Goldwater fared poorly throughout the country, although he did marginally better [in Illinois](/source/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois) than in the nation at large.

### Murder of Valerie Percy

[In 1966](/source/1966_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois), when Percy ran for [U.S. senator](/source/United_States_Senate) from Illinois, his 21-year-old daughter Valerie was murdered at the family home on the morning of September 18, late in the campaign. Her death was thought to have been caused by an intruder. After Illinois state police interviewed more than 14,000 people, spent over $300,000, and pursued 1,317 leads, lead No. 273 was the most viable, leading them to Francis Leroy Hohimer and Frederick Malchow, whom they believed committed the murder while robbing the house. The men were part of a gang of Mafia-backed thieves that would rob wealthy homes. Chicago detectives are certain of at least 30 jobs the gang pulled, with an excess of $3,000,000 in jewels and cash. Testimony from several key people after the murder stated Hohimer confessed to them that he killed Percy because she woke up. However, no physical evidence was ever found to connect either of them to scene, and nothing was stolen from the home that night. The crime was never solved despite a lengthy investigation.[2][13]

### U.S. Senate

After his daughter's death, Percy and his opponent both suspended campaigning for a couple of weeks following Valerie's death.[14] He upset Democratic Senator [Paul Douglas](/source/Paul_Douglas_(Illinois_politician)) (a former professor of Percy's at the University of Chicago) with 56 percent of the vote.[15]

After Percy appeared on the television show *[Face The Nation](/source/Face_The_Nation)* on January 15, 1967, with the other newly elected Republican Senators, the then President Lyndon Johnson noted privately that he thought Percy would make a fine president if the opportunity should ever arise.[16]

On December 12, 1967, Senator Percy met with South Vietnamese President Thieu and assured him that "no responsible people in either the Democratic or the Republican Party favored US withdrawal from South Vietnam."[17]

In 1967, Senator Percy introduced a bill to establish a program to stimulate production of [low-cost housing](/source/Affordable_housing). Percy's proposal was the first of its kind to provide home ownership to low-income families, and it received strong support from Republicans in both the House and the Senate, although it ultimately did not pass.[11] When asked why he selected housing for his first major legislative proposal, Percy said: "Of all the problems I ran across during three years of campaigning, first for the governorship and then for the Senate, the most appalling in their consequences for the future seemed to be the problems of the declining areas of the city and countryside, the inadequacy of housing."[11] Percy voted in favor of the [Civil Rights Act of 1968](/source/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968)[18] and the confirmation of [Thurgood Marshall](/source/Thurgood_Marshall) to the [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States),[19] joined other [Rockefeller Republicans](/source/Rockefeller_Republican) in voting against the Supreme Court nominations of [Clement Haynsworth](/source/Clement_Haynsworth)[20] and [George Harrold Carswell](/source/G._Harrold_Carswell),[21] but did vote for [William Rehnquist](/source/William_Rehnquist) in 1971.[22]

When in the Senate less than two years, Percy was mentioned as a Republican hopeful for the 1968 presidential nomination. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* columnist [James B. Reston](/source/James_B._Reston) referred to him as "the hottest political article in the Republican Party".[4] In 1970, Percy spoke about his enjoyment of *[The Autobiography of Malcolm X](/source/The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X)*, saying "Every white person should read it."[23]

In [1972](/source/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois), Percy sought a second term to the Senate. In the general election, he defeated Congressman [Roman Pucinski](/source/Roman_Pucinski) by a landslide. He gave up his seat on the important Senate Appropriations Committee for one on the Foreign Relations Committee.[14]

In 1974, Percy introduced legislation making the 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) national maximum speed limit permanent, which became law in January 1975, remaining in effect until it was amended in 1987 to allow 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) on rural Interstate highways and finally repealed in 1995.[24]

In 1978, as Percy was completing his second term, he appeared invincible.[25] Percy was considered so strong that the Democratic Party was unable to persuade any serious candidates to challenge him in [that year's election](/source/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois).[26] [Alex Seith](/source/Alex_Seith), a [dark horse](/source/Dark_horse) candidate, was his Democratic challenger. Seith had never before sought elected office but had served as an appointee on the [Cook County](/source/Cook_County%2C_Illinois) Zoning Board of Appeals for twelve years, nine as chairman.

At that time, Percy's reputation as a moderate Rockefeller Republican, contrasted with Seith's ostensible hard-line [foreign policy](/source/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States) positions, combined to make Percy suddenly vulnerable in the weeks before the election. Percy had earlier worked to broaden the base of the Republican Party and was an outlier to more conservative elements.[14] Sensing his probable loss, Percy went on television days before the polling and, with tear-filled eyes, pleaded with Illinois voters to give him another chance. He said, "I got your message and you're right ... I'm sure that I've made my share of mistakes, but your priorities are mine."[27] He won re-election 53% to Seith's 46%.

1980 luncheon in honor of the [16th Karmapa](/source/Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje%2C_16th_Karmapa) (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje) at the U S Capitol. [Tibetan Buddhists](/source/Tibetan_Buddhism) (seated left to right) [Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche](/source/Jamgon_Kongtrul_Rinpoche), 16th Karmapa, [Chogyam Trungpa](/source/Chogyam_Trungpa). Standing is Ngodup Burkhar, a translator and Senator Charles Percy, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee

After the Republicans won control of the Senate in 1980, Percy became chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. That year he gave a luncheon in honor of the 16th Karmapa of Tibet at the United States Capitol with other Tibetan Buddhists and congressmen. He served in the Senate until the end of his third term in January 1985, after narrowly losing to Congressman [Paul Simon](/source/Paul_Simon_(politician)) in [1984](/source/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois). Critics had accused Percy of paying more attention to foreign affairs than to the domestic issues of his constituents.[14] After Percy's defeat, no Republican would win a senatorial race in Illinois until [Peter Fitzgerald](/source/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)) [in 1998](/source/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois), and no Republican would ever win Percy's old seat again.

In 2006, writing about the influence of political lobbies on the U.S. relationship with [Israel](/source/Israel), political theorists [John Mearsheimer](/source/John_Mearsheimer) and [Stephen Walt](/source/Stephen_Walt) wrote that they believed Percy's loss was the result of a campaign waged against him by the [American Israel Public Affairs Committee](/source/American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee) (AIPAC).[28] They note that despite a generally pro-Israel voting record, Percy incurred AIPAC's wrath by declining to sign the AIPAC-sponsored "Letter of 76" protesting President Ford's threatened "reassessment" of U.S. Middle East policy in 1975. Percy also called PLO leader [Yasser Arafat](/source/Yasser_Arafat) more "moderate" than some other Palestinians. Earlier that year, Percy and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, [Dante Fascell](/source/Dante_Fascell) argued that [Karl Linnas](/source/Karl_Linnas), a former concentration camp commander who was to be deported from Pennsylvania to Estonia who lied in the papers he used to enter the United States, should not be sent to the Soviet Union. Linnas was found to have ordered, and participated in, the murders of Jews and other prisoners.[29] Percy's view, shared by Fascell, Representative [Donald L. Ritter](/source/Donald_L._Ritter) of Pennsylvania, and the [Helsinki Commission](/source/Commission_on_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe), was that Linnas should be deported, just not to the Soviet Union as it “would be an acknowledgement that the USSR has formally taken over Estonia.”

While in the Senate, Percy was active in business and international affairs. Although he explored the possibility of running for president in both 1968 and 1976, he did not run either time. During the early 1970s, he clashed with President Nixon and criticized the U.S. conduct of the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).

In 1977, Percy and Sen. [Hubert H. Humphrey](/source/Hubert_H._Humphrey)—responding to the 1973 OPEC oil embargo and high energy prices in general—created the [Alliance to Save Energy](/source/Alliance_to_Save_Energy)[30] to encourage a national commitment to energy efficiency. Percy was the founding chairman of the organization.[31]

Percy was mentioned again for the presidency in 1980 and 1988, but his candidacies did not progress beyond the exploratory stage.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In 1981, three congressional staffers of Percy's Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes ([Bill Strauss](/source/William_Strauss), Elaina Newport, and Jim Aidala) formed the political-satire group the [Capitol Steps](/source/Capitol_Steps), which performed for 40 years.[32]

Perhaps Percy's most important act, and his longest-lasting legacy, was ending the practice of nominating [federal judges](/source/United_States_federal_judge) from a pool of candidates generated by the Chicago political machine. He implemented a system of consultation with, and advice from, groups of legal experts, including the professional bar association, a practice considered novel at the time.[33] One of his nominees, [John Paul Stevens](/source/John_Paul_Stevens), was selected by President [Gerald Ford](/source/Gerald_Ford) as a justice of the [United States Supreme Court](/source/United_States_Supreme_Court).[33]

## Marriage and family

Percy was a [Christian Scientist](/source/Christian_Science).[6] During World War II, he married Jeanne Valerie Dickerson. They had twin daughters, Valerie and [Sharon](/source/Sharon_Percy_Rockefeller) (born 1944) and a son Roger (born 1946). After Jeanne Percy's death in 1947, Percy married Loraine Diane Guyer in 1950. They had two children: Gail (born 1953) and Mark (born 1955).

One of his twin daughters, Valerie Percy, was murdered at age 21 in her bedroom in the family home in [Kenilworth, Illinois](/source/Kenilworth%2C_Illinois), near Chicago, during his senatorial campaign in September 1966.[34] She had been beaten and stabbed to death in her bed while the family was in residence. Although Valerie's stepmother allegedly briefly glimpsed the killer, and considerable resources were devoted to solving the crime, the identity of the murderer remains unknown.[6] The wife of a first responder physician to the scene stated in 2016 that her late husband, Dr. Robert Hohf, felt that "the crime scene had been cleaned up" by the time he arrived to the Percy home early on the morning of September 18, 1966.[35]

In 1967 her twin sister Sharon Percy married [John D. Rockefeller IV](/source/Jay_Rockefeller).[6] He became a politician and was later elected Democratic [governor of West Virginia](/source/Governor_of_West_Virginia) (1977–1985). He served as a [United States senator](/source/United_States_senator) for West Virginia from 1985 until 2015.

Percy remained active after leaving political office but suffered from [Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease) in later years.[36] He died on September 17, 2011, at the Washington Home and Community Hospice in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)[6][14] He was interred at [Oak Hill Cemetery](/source/Oak_Hill_Cemetery_(Washington%2C_D.C.)) in Washington, D.C.[37]

## Awards

- 1949 one of 10 outstanding young men of [United States Junior Chamber of Commerce](/source/United_States_Junior_Chamber)

- 1955 World Trade award World Trade Award Commission

- 1956 National Sales Executives Management award

- 1962 Business Man of Year award *[Saturday Review](/source/Saturday_Review_(U.S._magazine))*

- 1962 Statesmanship award [Harvard Business School](/source/Harvard_Business_School) Association of Chicago

- 1962 Humanitarian Service award Abraham Lincoln Center

- 1986 Humanitarian of the Year award [Save the Children Fund](/source/Save_the_Children_Fund)

- 1965 Top-Hat award [National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs](/source/National_Federation_of_Business_and_Professional_Women's_Clubs)

- 1965 Business Administration award [Drexel Institute](/source/Drexel_Institute)

- 1982 [UNICEF](/source/UNICEF) World of Children award

- Lifetime Achievement Award [Alliance to Save Energy](/source/Alliance_to_Save_Energy)

- Commander [French Legion of Honor](/source/French_Legion_of_Honor)

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## External links

- Media related to [Charles Percy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Charles_Percy) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography)

- United States Congress. ["Charles H. Percy (id: P000222)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000222). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [Overview of 1984 primary election campaign](http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=256806)

- Charles H. Percy, (interviewer [Mike Wallace](/source/Mike_Wallace)) (July 6, 1958). [*The Mike Wallace Interview*](https://web.archive.org/web/20111018143338/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/percy_charles.html). [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas): [Harry Ransom Center](/source/Harry_Ransom_Center), [University of Texas, Austin](/source/University_of_Texas%2C_Austin), originally [American Broadcasting Company](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company). Archived from [the original](http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/percy_charles.html) on October 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.

- [Obituary: Charles Percy, Former Illinois Senator, Is Dead"](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/us/politics/charles-percy-former-illinois-senator-is-dead-at-91.html?_r=1&hp), *The New York Times*, September 18, 2011

- [Charles H. Percy](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76628830) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

- [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?5966) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)

Party political offices Preceded by William Stratton Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois 1964 Succeeded by Richard B. Ogilvie Preceded by Samuel W. Witwer Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Illinois (Class 2) 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984 Succeeded by Lynn Morley Martin Preceded by Everett Dirksen Gerald Ford Response to the State of the Union address 1968 Served alongside: Howard Baker, George H. W. Bush, Peter Dominick, Gerald Ford, Robert Griffin, Thomas Kuchel, Mel Laird, Bob Mathias, George Murphy, Dick Poff, Al Quie, Charlotte Reid, Hugh Scott, Bill Steiger, John Tower Vacant Title next held by Donald Fraser, Scoop Jackson, Mike Mansfield, John McCormack, Patsy Mink, Ed Muskie, Bill Proxmire U.S. Senate Preceded by Paul Douglas U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Illinois 1967–1985 Served alongside: Everett Dirksen, Ralph Tyler Smith, Adlai Stevenson III, Alan J. Dixon Succeeded by Paul Simon Preceded by Karl Mundt Ranking Member of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee 1973–1981 Succeeded by Thomas Eagleton Preceded by Frank Church Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1981–1985 Succeeded by Richard Lugar

v t e United States senators from Illinois Class 2 Thomas McLean Baker Robinson McRoberts Semple S. Douglas Browning Richardson Yates Logan Davis Cullom Lewis McCormick Deneen Lewis Slattery Brooks P. Douglas Percy Simon Durbin Class 3 Edwards McLean Kane Ewing Young Breese Shields Trumbull Oglesby Logan Farwell Palmer Mason Hopkins Lorimer Sherman McKinley Glenn Dieterich Lucas Dirksen Smith Stevenson Dixon Moseley Braun Fitzgerald Obama tenure Burris Kirk Duckworth

v t e Chairs of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Barbour Macon Brown Barbour R. King Barbour Macon Sanford Macon Tazewell Forsyth Wilkins Clay Buchanan Rives Archer Allen Sevier Hannegan Benton W. King Foote Mason Sumner Cameron Hamlin Eaton Burnside Edmunds Windom Miller Sherman Morgan Sherman Frye Davis Cullom Bacon Stone Hitchcock Lodge Borah Pittman George Connally Vandenberg Connally Wiley George Green Fulbright Sparkman Church Percy Lugar Pell Helms Biden Helms Biden Lugar Biden Kerry Menendez Corker Risch Menendez Cardin Risch

v t e (← 1964) 1968 United States presidential election (1972 →) Republican Party Convention Primaries Candidates Nominee: Richard Nixon campaign VP nominee: Spiro Agnew Other candidates: Frank Carlson Clifford P. Case Hiram Fong John Lindsay Ronald Reagan Jim Rhodes Nelson Rockefeller Winthrop Rockefeller George W. Romney campaign Harold Stassen John A. Volpe Democratic Party Convention protests Primaries Candidates Nominee: Hubert Humphrey campaign VP nominee: Edmund Muskie Other candidates: Roger D. Branigin John G. Crommelin Paul C. Fisher Lyndon B. Johnson withdrawal Robert F. Kennedy campaign Thomas C. Lynch Eugene McCarthy campaign George McGovern Dan K. Moore Channing E. Phillips George Smathers Stephen M. Young American Independent Party Candidates Nominee: George Wallace campaign VP nominee: Curtis LeMay Other third party and independent candidates Communist Party Convention Nominee: Charlene Mitchell VP nominee: Michael Zagarell Peace and Freedom Party Convention Nominee: Eldridge Cleaver VP nominees: Rodolfo Gonzales, Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd, Larry Hochman, Jerry Rubin, Peggy Terry Prohibition Party Nominee: E. Harold Munn Socialist Labor Party Nominee: Henning A. Blomen Socialist Workers Party Nominee: Fred Halstead VP nominee: Paul Boutelle Independents and other candidates Dick Gregory Pat Paulsen Pigasus Other 1968 elections: House Senate Gubernatorial

v t e Illinois's delegation(s) to the 90th–98th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority) 90th Senate: ▌E. Dirksen (R) · ▌C. Percy (R) House: ▌L. Arends (R) ▌W. Dawson (D) ▌M. Price (D) ▌J. Kluczynski (D) ▌W. Springer (R) ▌B. O'Hara (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌K. Gray (D) ▌H. Collier (R) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌W. Murphy (D) ▌R. Pucinski (D) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌D. Rumsfeld (R) ▌C. Reid (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌D. Ronan (D) ▌T. Railsback (R) 91st Senate: ▌E. Dirksen (R) ▌C. Percy (R) ▌R. Smith (R) ▌A. Stevenson III (D) House: ▌L. Arends (R) ▌W. Dawson (D) ▌M. Price (D) ▌J. Kluczynski (D) ▌W. Springer (R) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌K. Gray (D) ▌H. Collier (R) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌W. Murphy (D) ▌R. Pucinski (D) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌D. Rumsfeld (D) ▌C. Reid (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌D. Ronan (D) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌G. Collins (D) 92nd Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D) House: ▌L. Arends (R) ▌M. Price (D) ▌J. Kluczynski (D) ▌W. Springer (R) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌K. Gray (D) ▌H. Collier (R) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌R. Pucinski (D) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌C. Reid (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌G. Collins (D) ▌R. Metcalfe (D) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌C. Carlson (R) 93rd Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D) House: ▌L. Arends (R) ▌M. Price (D) ▌J. Kluczynski (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌K. Gray (D) ▌H. Collier (R) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌R. Metcalfe (D) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌R. Hanrahan (R) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌S. Young (R) ▌C. Collins (D) 94th Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D) House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌J. Kluczynski (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌R. Metcalfe (D) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌T. Hall (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) 95th Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D) House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌G. Shipley (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌R. Metcalfe (D) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) 96th Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Stevenson III (D) House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌J. Anderson (R) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌R. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌M. Murphy (D) ▌A. Mikva (D) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) ▌D. Crane (R) ▌B. Stewart (D) ▌J. Porter (R) 97th Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Dixon (D) House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌E. Derwinski (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌P. Findley (R) ▌B. McClory (R) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌T. Railsback (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌J. Fary (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) ▌D. Crane (R) ▌J. Porter (R) ▌L. Martin (R) ▌G. Savage (D) ▌H. Washington (D) 98th Senate: ▌C. Percy (R) · ▌A. Dixon (D) House: ▌M. Price (D) ▌S. Yates (D) ▌B. Michel (R) ▌D. Rostenkowski (D) ▌F. Annunzio (D) ▌J. Erlenborn (R) ▌P. Crane (R) ▌E. Madigan (R) ▌G. O'Brien (R) ▌C. Collins (D) ▌H. Hyde (R) ▌M. Russo (D) ▌P. Simon (D) ▌T. Corcoran (R) ▌D. Crane (R) ▌J. Porter (R) ▌L. Martin (R) ▌G. Savage (D) ▌H. Washington (D) ▌D. Durbin (D) ▌L. Evans (D) ▌B. Lipinski (D) ▌C. Hayes (D)

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