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Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serving Senator from Wisconsin.
16 de dic. de 2005 · William Proxmire, a political maverick during 32 years in the Senate who crusaded against government waste and irritated presidents and lawmakers from both parties because of his contempt for the...
William Proxmire: A Featured Biography. William Proxmire ran in a special election in August of 1957 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy. Considered an underdog, Proxmire shocked many by emerging victorious.
15 de dic. de 2005 · William Proxmire of Wisconsin, the longtime gadfly of the United States Senate who thrived on exposing frivolous federal spending and dispensed Golden Fleece Awards to spotlight what he...
15 de dic. de 2005 · Former Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire, the political maverick who became Congress' leading scourge of big spending and government waste, died today. He was 90.
William Proxmire was a U.S. Senator (D-WI) and political maverick famous for his penny-pinching attitude toward government spending and his courage in taking unpopular stands. He helped revive the Wisconsin Democratic Party in the early 1950s and represented the state in Congress for more than 30 years.
This allowed Senator Proxmire to cast his first vote for the Civil Rights Act. His final vote proved equally dramatic. On October 18, 1988, at the end of a distinguished 32-year Senate career, Proxmire cast his 10,252nd consecutive roll-call vote—a record that still stands today.
