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Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, [1] [2] [3] then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party.
Oct 15, 2012 · WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania who was at the center of many of the Senate’s most divisive legal battles — from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert H....
May 13, 2024 · Arlen Specter was an American lawyer and politician who was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011). Originally a Democrat, he became a Republican in the 1960s before switching back to the Democratic Party in 2009. Specter, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, was raised in Russell, Kansas.
Oct 14, 2012 · Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long...
Joan Levy Specter, the renowned culinary expert-turned Philadelphia councilperson who was married to longtime U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, has died at 90. Specter died Saturday, June 29, 2024, due to ...
Oct 14, 2012 · The web page is an obituary of Arlen Specter, who served as a US senator from Pennsylvania for 30 years and was known for his "fierce independence" and his role in the Warren Commission. It covers his political career, his health battles, his controversial decisions and his views on current issues.
Oct 14, 2012 · Former Sen. Arlen Specter, one of the most influential senators of the last half-century, died Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 82.
