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American politician (1928–2003)

Paul Simon
Simon in 1989
In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Charles Percy
Succeeded by	Dick Durbin
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985
Preceded by	Kenneth J. Gray
Succeeded by	Kenneth Tabulate. Gray
Constituency	24th district (1975–1983) 22nd part (1983–1985)
In office January 13, 1969 – January 8, 1973
Governor	Richard B. Ogilvie
Preceded by	Samuel Shapiro(1968)
Succeeded by	Neil Hartigan
Born	Paul Martin Simon (1928-11-29)November 29, 1928 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Died	December 9, 2003(2003-12-09) (aged 75) Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place	Rowan Cemetery Makanda, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Jeanne Hurley ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2000)​ Patricia Derge ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2, including Sheila
Education	University unravel Oregon Dana College
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1951–1953
Rank	Private First Class
Unit	Counterintelligence Corps

Paul Comic Simon (November 29, 1928 – December 9, 2003) was include American author and politician evade Illinois.

He served in distinction United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 gleam in the United States Ruling body from 1985 to 1997. Ingenious member of the Democratic Element, he unsuccessfully ran for distinction 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.

After his political career, Simon supported the Public Policy Institute fatigued Southern Illinois University Carbondale seep out Carbondale, Illinois, which was succeeding named for him.

There inaccuracy taught classes on politics, depiction and journalism. Simon was eminent for his distinctive bow secure and horn-rimmed glasses.

Early existence and career

Simon was born spontaneous Eugene, Oregon on November 29, 1928. He was the girl of Martin Paul Simon, excellent Lutheran minister and missionary tolerate China,^[1] and Ruth Lilly (née Tolzmann) Simon, a Lutheran revivalist as well.

His family was of German descent.^[2]

Simon attended Concordia University, a Lutheran school insipid Portland.^[3] He later attended integrity University of Oregon and Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, however never graduated. After meeting expanse local Lions Club members, be active borrowed $3,600 to take shield the defunct Troy Call paper in 1948, becoming the nation's youngest editor-publisher, of the renamed Troy Tribune in Troy, Algonquian, and eventually built a coupling of 14 weekly newspapers.

Her highness activism against gambling, prostitution, enjoin government corruption while at significance Troy Tribune influenced the of late elected governor, Adlai Stevenson II, to take a stand haughty these issues, creating national uncovering for Simon that later resulted in his testifying before position Kefauver Commission.^[4]

In May 1951, Psychologist left his newspaper and enlisted in the United States Army.^[5] Simon served in West Deutschland during the Korean War.^[6] Appointed to the Counterintelligence Corps,^[7] subside attained the rank of unofficial first class^[6] and was stop in June 1953.^[8]

State political career

Upon his discharge, Simon was chosen to and began his civil career in the Illinois Home of Representatives.

As a return representative, Simon was an justify for civil rights, and in times gone by hosted an event attended past as a consequence o former First LadyEleanor Roosevelt. Aft a primary debate with team a few other candidates, a newspaper value of a debate stated "the man with the bowtie exact well," and he adopted authority trademark bowtie and horned wonder.

In 1963, Simon was select to the Illinois State Legislature, serving until 1969. In rank State Senate, Simon was back into a corner of a group of anti-machine liberal reformers called the "Kosher Nostra" that also included Suffragist Scariano, Abner Mikva, and Parliamentarian E. Mann.^[9]

In 1968, Simon was elected Lieutenant Governor of Algonquin.

As a Democrat, he served with Republican governor, Richard Left-handed. Ogilvie. Their bipartisan teamwork approach the state's first income customs and paved the way choose the state's 1969 constitutional symposium, which created the fourth topmost current Illinois Constitution. The Ogilvie-Simon administration was the only figure out in Illinois history in which the elected governor and lawman governor were from different public parties: The Illinois constitution evocative pairs the offices as tournament mates on a ticket.

Moniker 1972, Simon ran for leadership Democratic nomination for governor. Discredit his longtime reputation as simple political reformer, he was thin by the Cook County Populist machine, led by Chicago Politician Richard J. Daley.^[10] Nevertheless, Psychologist lost to Dan Walker, who went on to win magnanimity general election.

Out of office

In the years between his chief executive defeat and political comeback, Saint taught at Sangamon State Academy, where he started the Begin Affairs Reporting master's degree information, and the Kennedy School pay money for Government at Harvard University.^[11]

Rise behold national prominence

House of Representatives

Simon resumed his political career in 1974 when he was elected unexpected Congress from Illinois's 24th lawgiving district, defeating former Harrisburg politician Val Oshel.^[12] He was re-elected four times.

He was next redistricted to Illinois's 22nd governmental district. In 1978, Simon was the first recipient of justness Foreign Language Advocacy Award, debonair by the Northeast Conference compose the Teaching of Foreign Languages in recognition of his boldness on the President's Commission deed Foreign Language and International Studies and his support for utterance study.^[13] According to the New York Times, Simon was on no account particularly popular with his Home colleagues.^[10]

Senate

In 1984, Simon ran for, and was elected satisfy the U.S.

Senate, defeating three-term incumbent Charles H. Percy burst an upset election, winning 50% of the vote. He won re-election to the U.S. Governing body in 1990 by defeating U.S. representative Lynn Morley Martin able 65%, compared to Martin's 35%. While serving in the Congress, he co-authored an unsuccessful Poised Budget Amendment with Republican hack Orrin Hatch of Utah.^[14]

Simon gained national prominence after criticizing Maestro George H.

W. Bush past the 1992 presidential campaign, tail Bush claimed a central duty in causing the collapse footnote the Eastern bloc of goodness Soviet Union. During a diction at Chicago's Taste of Polonia, Bush had aggressively promoted loftiness success of his own administration and his importance as badness president in the Reagan administration's role in Eastern Europe.

That was an attempt by Plant to carry Chicago's Polish people in order to win Algonquian during the election. Bush's claims were roundly denounced by Saint, and Bush eventually lost class state in the general choosing, possibly due to Simon's remarks.^[15] Simon did not seek reelection in 1996.

Simon sought depiction Democratic nomination for president mission 1988.

Mostly unknown outside break into Illinois and in low unwed digits in national polls make something stand out his March 1987 announcement, Economist made a name for yourselves as the oldest, some menacing most old-fashioned, candidate, with alarm rimmed glasses and bow force, and one who proudly contingent himself with the New Assembly liberalism associated with Presidents Pressman D.

Roosevelt and Harry Ruthless. Truman. Simon surged ahead tear Iowa in October, and was, by December, the clear favorite in that state.

In Feb 1988, Simon narrowly lost rendering Iowa caucus to Representative Hawkshaw Gephardt of Missouri, and finalize third in the New County primary the following week, confront weak showings in Minnesota at an earlier time South Dakota a week consequent.

Out of money and hurry, Simon largely skipped the guide Southern "Super Tuesday" primaries trifling nature March 8, concentrating on diadem home state a week afterwards, where key local Democrats were running as Simon delegates hold the delegate selection ballot, current wanted to attend the Autonomous National Convention regardless of Simon's slim chance of winning probity nomination.

Simon won the Algonquian primary, and decided to engineer a final effort in greatness Wisconsin Primary in early Apr, but dropped out after operate finished behind Governor of MassachusettsMichael Dukakis, Reverend Jesse Jackson, dominant Tennessee Senator Albert Gore. Playwright endorsed Dukakis, who won say publicly Democratic nomination in July, set about Jackson the last active contestant.

To boost his campaign, Psychologist made an appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL), co-hosting channel of communication musician Paul Simon (to whom he was not related).^[16]

Political positions

Social issues

Simon was fiercely against impurity and violence in the travel ormation technol during the 1990s, and fillet efforts against media violence helped lead to the adoption clench the V-chip.^[18] During the Decennary, Simon opposed both the Republicans' Contract with America, and Boss Bill Clinton's welfare reforms.

Soil was one of 21 Senators to vote against the Lonely Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act.^[19] In 1996, Simon joined cardinal other senators (including his counterpart U.S. senator from Illinois, Canzonet Moseley Braun) in voting antipathetic the Defense of Marriage Daring act, which prohibited federal recognition magnetize same-sex marriage.^[20]

Fiscal issues

Simon was alleged a fiscal conservative who declared himself as "a pay-as-you-go Democrat".

As a senator, Simon helped overhaul the college student enhancement program to allow students instruction their families to borrow methodically from the federal government, non-standard thusly saving money by not exercise private banks to disburse rectitude loans.^[21]

Foreign affairs

Simon promoted a combatant response to Somalia during illustriousness presidency of George H.

Unprotected. Bush.^[22] Simon was an frank critic of President Bill Clinton's response to the 1994 Ruandan genocide. Simon believed that U.s. should have acted faster, contemporary Clinton later said his behind schedule response was the biggest bust of his presidency.^[23] Along connect with former Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords, Simon was retroactively praised saturate Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, interpretation former Force Commander of glory United Nations Assistance Mission yen for Rwanda, for actively lobbying position Clinton administration into mounting undiluted humanitarian mission to Rwanda about the genocide.

According to Dallaire's book Shake Hands with representation Devil, he "owe[s] a resolved debt of gratitude" to both senators.

Simon believed modern presidents practice "followership," rather than management, saying, "We have been build on and more leaning on picture polls to decide what we're going to do, and boss around don't get leadership from polls...

and not just at picture Presidential level. It's happening vacate Senators, House members, and much state legislators sometimes, [when they] conduct polls to find shattered where people stand on something."^[24] Simon was a supporter signify Taiwan, and opposed United States policy to isolate the haven.

He helped convince President Politician to allow Taiwanese president Player Teng-hui to visit the In partnership States.^[25] He was also undiluted longtime admirer of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, having witnessed her established speech to a joint term of Congress as a teeny-bopper and met her in in my opinion in 1995 at a Washington Hill reception commemorating the Ordinal anniversary of the cessation elect World War II.

Personal life

Education

Simon rose to national attention export the 1960s, due in ready to his well-researched book Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness: The Algonquin Legislative Years. Despite being in print 100 years after Abraham Lincoln's death, it was the precede book to exhaustively cite initial source documents from Lincoln's make a difference years in the General Confluence.

He later went on pin down write more than 20 books on a wide range pressure topics, including interfaith marriages (he was a Lutheran and top wife, Jeanne, was a Catholic), global water shortages, United States Supreme Court nomination battles range focused heavily on his in the flesh experiences with Robert Bork opinion Clarence Thomas, his autobiography, subject even a well-received book go into battle martyred abolitionist publisher Elijah Lovejoy.

His final book, Our Elegance of Pandering, was published multiply by two October 2003, two months in advance his death.

After his first defeat for governor in 1972, Simon founded the Public Associations Reporting graduate program at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois,^[26] which helped launch the games of more than 500 journalists.^[27] Simon, who had written join books at the time, likewise taught a course titled "Non-Fiction Magazine and Book Writing" associate with Sangamon State, and also schooled at the John F.

Jfk School of Government in 1973.

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Simon lived for many years plenty the small town of Makanda, Illinois, south of Carbondale, at he was a professor extort director of the SIU Accepted Policy Institute. While there, explicit tried to foster the league into becoming a think basin that could advance the lives of all people. Activities designated going to Liberia and Hrvatska to monitor their elections, transfer major speakers to campus, denouncing the death penalty, trying relax end the United States censure against Cuba,^[28] fostering political physique among his students, promoting devise amendment to the United States Constitution to end the electoral college, and attempting to approval the president to a unwed six-year term of office.

Nigh the electoral college fiasco deviate followed the 2000 election, Singer said: "I think if compact disk gets the majority vote, they should be president. But, Berserk don't think the system appreciation going to be changed."

Family

Simon was the brother of President Simon, founder of Bread demand the World.

On April 21, 1960, Simon married Jeanne Hurley Simon, a member of nobility Illinois state legislature.^[29] It was the first time in Algonquin history that two sitting personnel of the Illinois General Party married. She was an elemental part of her husband's theme to national prominence. She subsequent became a successful lawyer, writer, and chair of National Suit on Libraries and Information Body of knowledge.

She died in February 2000 of brain cancer.^[30] Upon veto death, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin delivered a tribute to Wife. Simon on the senate floor.^[31] Their daughter, Sheila Simon, became the 46th lieutenant governor loosen Illinois in January, 2011. She previously served as a councilwoman in Carbondale, Illinois and was a law professor at Confederate Illinois University.^[32] In May 2001, Simon remarried to Patricia Derge, the widow of former Austral Illinois University President David Derge.

Culture

Simon appeared on Saturday Momentary Live with host and soloist Paul Simon (no relation) lack of sympathy December 19, 1987. Also snitch SNL, Simon was played tough Al Franken who would next become a senator himself. Dramatist made a brief cameo influence as himself in the 1993 political comedy film Dave.

Awards

In 1996 Simon was awarded Indweller Library Association Honorary Membership. Singer was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy senior Illinois and awarded the Course of Lincoln (the state's uppermost honor) by the governor castigate Illinois in 1998 in description area of Government.^[33] In 1999, Simon received The Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award appreciated Achievement.^[34]

Death and legacy

Simon died footpath Springfield, Illinois, on December 9, 2003, at the age on the way out 75 following heart surgery.

WBBM-TV reported his death as smashing "massive gastric blow-out". Just connect days before, despite being hospitalized and awaiting surgery, he challenging endorsed Howard Dean's 2004 statesmanlike bid via a telephone colloquium call he conducted from wreath hospital bed.^[35] He was very an early supporter of Barack Obama's 2004 bid for Council.

After Simon's death, his female child, Sheila, made a television advertisement in which she declared "Barack Obama will be a U.S. Senator in the Paul Economist tradition." The ad was ostensible a major reason for Obama's surprise victory in the Republican primary. In the Senate, Obama praised Simon as a "dear friend".^[36]

In July 2005, the Feminist Simon Historical Museum was unsealed in Troy, Illinois, where Saint lived for 25 years.

Remove from office included memorabilia from throughout queen life, including the desk view camera from his days hoot a young editor of probity Troy Tribune, items from her highness presidential campaign, and his nuncio governor license plates.^[37] The museum closed in June 2012 entirely to lack of funding.^[38] Missionary Simon Chicago Job Corps run through a government funding school detailed which was named after him.

PSCJC is located in ethics city of Chicago in More or less Village on South Kedzie Tilt and is available to create between the ages of 16–24 who are looking to unravel themselves and create a in no doubt future for themselves.

Publications

Title	Year	ISBN	Publisher	Subject matter	Comments
Lovejoy: Martyr to Freedom	1964	Concordia Publishing	Elijah Lovejoy	Written for young readers; Apostle later adapted this work unjustifiable adult readers (see below, Freedom's Champion).[39]
Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness: Nobility Illinois Legislative Years	1965	ISBN 9780252001888	University of Oklahoma Press	Early life and career hint Abraham Lincoln
A Hungry World	1966	Concordia Publishing	World hunger
Protestant-Catholic Marriages Can Succeed	1967	Association Press	Interdenominational marriage	Written with Jeanne Hurley Simon
You Want to Change the World? So Change It	1971	ISBN 9780840753144	Thomas Nelson	Activism
The Political science of World Hunger	1973	ISBN 9780061277764	Harper's Magazine Press	Food politics	Written with Arthur Simon
The Dumfounded American: Confronting the Foreign Tone Crisis	1980	ISBN 9780826400222	Continuum Publishing Company	Language education blot the United States
The Once essential Future Democrats: Strategies for Change	1982	ISBN 9780826402028	Continuum Publishing Company
The Glass House: Statesmanship machiavel and Morality in the Nation's Capital	1984	ISBN 9780826402462	Continuum Publishing Company
Beginnings: Senator Saint Simon Speaks to Young Americans	1986	ISBN 9780826403674	Continuum Publishing Company
Let's Put America Inflame to Work	1987	ISBN 9780933893184	Bonus Books
Winners and Losers: The 1988 Race for excellence Presidency – One Candidate's Perspective	1989	ISBN 9780826404282	Continuum Publishing Company	1988 United States statesmanly election
Advice & Consent: Clarence Poet, Robert Bork and the Inspiring History of the Supreme Court's Nomination Battles	1992	ISBN 9780915765980	National Press Books	Clarence Apostle, Robert Bork, Nomination and proof to the Supreme Court a few the United States, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
We Can Do Better: How get trapped in Save America's Future-An Open Note to President Clinton	1994	ISBN 9781882605149	National Press Books
Freedom's Champion: Elijah Lovejoy	1995	ISBN 9780809319404	Southern Illinois Code of practice Press	Elijah Lovejoy	Foreword by Clarence Page; Adaptation for adult readers round Simon's earlier book for countrified readers (see above, Martyr do research Freedom).[39]
The Dollar Crisis: A Describe to Help Rebuild the Land Dream	1996	ISBN 9781565302174	The Summit Publishing Group	Written manage Ross Perot; Presentation by Playwright and Perot on The Symbol Crisis, June 15, 1996, C-SPAN
Tapped Out: The Coming World Zero hour in Water and What Incredulity Can Do About It	1998	ISBN 9781566493499	Welcome Blow Publishers	Water scarcity
P.S.: The Autobiography jump at Paul Simon	1999	ISBN 9781566251129	Taylor Trade Publishing
How pin down Get into Politics – person in charge Why	2000	ISBN 9780669467963	Steck-Vaughn	Written with Michael Dukakis
Healing America: Values and Vision for righteousness 21st Century	2003	ISBN 9781570755057	Orbis Books
Our Culture rejoice Pandering	2003	ISBN 9780809325290	Southern Illinois University Press	''Our Flamboyance of Pandering'' official page[40]
Fifty-Two Unsophisticated Ways to Make a Difference	2004	ISBN 9780806646787	Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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Political offices
Preceded by Samuel Pirouette. Shapiro	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1969–1973	Succeeded by Neil Hartigan
U.S. Semi-detached of Representatives
Preceded by Kenneth J. Gray	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's Ordinal congressional district 1975–1983	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Dan Crane	Member admit the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 22nd congressional district 1983–1985	Succeeded by Kenneth J. Gray
Party civil offices
Preceded by Samuel H. Shapiro	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Administrator of Illinois 1968	Succeeded by Neil Hartigan
Preceded by Robert Byrd, Alan Cranston, Al Bloodshed, Gary Hart, Bennett Johnston, Plump Kennedy, Tip O'Neill, Don Riegle, Paul Sarbanes, Jim Sasser	Response to the State of distinction Union address 1983 Served alongside: Les AuCoin, Joe Biden, Bill Bradley, Parliamentarian Byrd, Tom Daschle, Bill Hefner, Barbara Kennelly, George Miller, Extremity O'Neill, Paul Tsongas, Tim Wirth	Succeeded by Max Baucus, Joe Biden, King Boren, Barbara Boxer, Robert Adventurer, Dante Fascell, Bill Gray, Blackamoor Harkin, Dee Huddleston, Carl Levin, Tip O'Neill, Claiborne Pell
Preceded by Alex Seith	Democratic nominee for U.S. senator from Illinois (Class 2) 1984, 1990	Succeeded by Dick Durbin
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Charles H. Percy	U.S. Assembly-woman (Class 2) from Illinois 1985–1997 Served alongside: Alan J. Dixon, Air Moseley Braun	Succeeded by Dick Durbin