Maverick Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, Who Resigned After Sexual Harassment Scandal, Dies
A Senate Ethics Committee report found at least 18 instances of sexual misconduct, leading to his 1995 resignation after a Washington Post investigation.
- Former U.S. Senator Bob Packwood died Saturday in a California hospice facility at age 93, ending a political career that combined legislative achievement with a devastating sexual misconduct scandal.
- Elected to the Senate in 1968, Packwood served over 25 years and chaired the Senate Finance Committee, shepherding the landmark 1986 tax code overhaul that became a signature legislative achievement.
- A 1992 Washington Post investigation detailed allegations that Packwood had made unwanted sexual advances toward women on his staff; the Senate Ethics Committee investigation that followed forced his resignation in September 1995.
- Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who replaced Packwood in 1996, said historians must include the "women who he abused and assaulted," stating his misconduct overshadows his legislative accomplishments.
- Following his resignation, Packwood entered private lobbying and largely avoided public life, leaving behind his wife, Elaine Franklin, a former chief of his Senate staff, and two children from his first marriage.
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Bob Packwood, Oregon senator forced to resign due to sex scandal, dies at 93
Former Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Oregon), who resigned from the Senate in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Committee voted to expel him for sexual and official misconduct, has died, according to multiple reports. The Oregonian reported Saturday that Packwood, 93, died that day. A family friend said that he died in California, according to the outlet. ...
Bob Packwood, senator forced to resign in sexual misconduct scandal, dies at 93
Bob Packwood, a powerful legislator and champion of women’s rights who quit the Senate in 1995 under threat of expulsion because of serial lechery and destruction of evidence of his predatory behavior, died June 6 in Rancho Mirage, California. He…
For more than two decades he was one of the most influential figures in the U.S. Senate, but his career ended abruptly in 1995
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Maverick Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, who resigned after sexual harassment scandal, dies
Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood has died. First elected to the Senate in 1968, Packwood was often considered a maverick by fellow Republicans — a fiscal conservative but social moderate, with Packwood a vocal supporter of abortion rights.
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