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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaPaul COVERDELL
(1939-2000)
Senate Years of Service:
1993-2000Party: RepublicanCOVERDELL, Paul, a Senator
from Georgia; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 20,
1939; attended Cobb County, Ga. public schools; graduated Lees
Summit High School, Lees Summit, Mo.; attended Georgia State
University, Atlanta, Ga., and graduated University of Missouri
1961; served in the United States Army in Okinawa, Taiwan, and
Korea 1962-1964; businessman; member, Georgia State Senate
1971-1989; minority leader 1974-1989; chairman, southern steering
committee for the 1988 George Bush presidential campaign; director,
United States Peace Corps 1989-1991; elected as a Republican in the
November 24, 1992, general election runoff to the United States
Senate for the term ending January 3, 1999; reelected in 1998, and
served from January 3, 1993, until until his death due to cerebral
hemorrhage on July 18, 2000; remains were cremated.
Bibliography
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; U.S. Congress.
Memorial Addresses and Other Tributes to Paul Douglas
Coverdell. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office,
2000.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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