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Jean Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to the Senate to fill the seat of her posthumously elected husband. Jean Carnahan photo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) was the 79th Attorney General of the United States. ...
James Matthes Jim Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician, serving the remainder of his term as the junior Senator from Missouri. ...
December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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The Governors of Missouri since its statehood in 1820 are: Alexander McNair 1821-24 Frederick Bates 1824-25 Abraham J. Williams 1825-26 John Miller 1826-32 Daniel Dunklin 1832-36 Lilburn W. Boggs 1836-40 Thomas Reynolds 1840-44 Meredith Miles Marmaduke 1844 John C. Edwards 1844-48 Austin...
Melvin Eugene Mel Carnahan (February 11, 1934 – October 16, 2000) was an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. ...
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December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Born Jean Anne Carpenter in Washington, DC to a working-class family, she was determined to go to college. She worked through the year while attending George Washington University. She graduated in 1955 with a degree in Business and Public Administration—the first in her family to graduate from high school and college. She is an alumna of Kappa Delta sorority. Jean Carpenter married her high-school sweetheart, Mel Carnahan, in 1954. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
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Kappa Delta (ΚΔ) is sorority founded at the State Female Normal School, now Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. ...
Melvin Eugene Mel Carnahan (February 11, 1934 – October 16, 2000) was an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. ...
As Mel entered politics, Jean was his political partner for several decades. Mel Carnahan was elected Governor of Missouri, serving from 1993–2000. Ms. Carnahan was an activist First Lady—an advocate for on-site day care centers for working families, childhood immunization, abuse centers, the arts, and Habitat for Humanity. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Mel Carnahan was running in 2000 for a Senate seat from Missouri against incumbent John Ashcroft. Only three weeks before election day, he was killed in a plane crash (along with his son, Randy Carnahan, who piloted the plane, and Chris Sifford, a campaign advisor). Due to the short time before the election, Missouri election law did not allow his name to be removed from the ballot. Acting Governor Roger B. Wilson announced that he would appoint Jean Carnahan if Mel were to win the election posthumously. John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) was the 79th Attorney General of the United States. ...
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Roger B. Wilson (born October 10, 1948) is an American politician who was briefly Governor of Missouri from October 17, 2000 to January 8, 2001. ...
The unusual circumstances made it a strange race. Out of respect, Ashcroft suspended his campaign during the mourning period for Mel Carnahan. Jean Carnahan did not actively campaign, but she did accept Wilson's offer and film one campaign commercial. It had been a close race, and sympathy may have worked in Mel/Jean's favor. The late Mel Carnahan won the election by a slim margin—only 48,000 votes out of 2.36 million cast (51-48%)—and Jean was appointed to the Senate in 2001. Though she had been politically active for her entire adult life, she had never held public office. Under Missouri law, she would only serve until a special election could be held in 2002.
In 2002, Carnahan ran as an incumbent, but was defeated in a close race by Republican James Talent; the margin was only 22,000 votes, 49.8%-48.6%. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
James Matthes Jim Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician, the junior Senator from Missouri. ...
The 2004 elections proved better for the Carnahan family, when Senator Carnahan's son, Russ, was elected to Congress, and her daughter, Robin, was elected Missouri's Secretary of State. Rep. ...
Robin Carnahan Robin Carnahan is an American politician and the current Missouri Secretary of State. ...
Since leaving the Senate, Ms. Carnahan has continued as an activist and author. She has written four books and numerous opinion pieces.
Electoral history
- 2002 Race for U.S. Senate (Special Election to fill remainder of term)
- 2000 Race for U.S. Senate
James Matthes Jim Talent (born October 18, 1956) is an American politician, serving the remainder of his term as the junior Senator from Missouri. ...
Melvin Eugene Mel Carnahan (February 11, 1934 – October 16, 2000) was an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. ...
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) was the 79th Attorney General of the United States. ...
Books by Jean Carnahan - (1998) If Walls Could Talk: The Story of Missouri’s First Families. MMPI ISBN 0-9668992-0-2.
- (1999) Christmas at the Mansion. MMPI ISBN 0-9668992-1-0.
- (2000) Will You Say a Few Words?. Walsworth Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8262-1513-0.
- (2004) Don’t Let the Fire Go Out!. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-1513-0.
See also There have been 35 women in the United States Senate since the establishment of that body in 1789, meaning that out of the 1,884 Americans who have served in the United States Senate since that time, 1. ...
References - Bio by Fired Up Missouri
- Online News Hour account of the 2000 election
- Online News Hour account of the 2002 election
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