Wellstone, Paul David

Wellstone, Paul David
▪ 2003

      American teacher and politician (b. July 21, 1944, Washington, D.C.—d. Oct. 25, 2002, near Eveleth, Minn.), was a U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1991 to his death. Often referred to as the most liberal member of the Senate, he was respected as a man of principle who did not forsake his convictions for political expediency. Wellstone's father was an immigrant Russian Jew, and his mother was the daughter of Russian immigrants. He was educated in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1965; Ph.D., 1969) and then began teaching at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., where his involvement in political causes sometimes created problems with the school administration. In 1990 he was the candidate of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party for the U.S. Senate and, with only a small amount of money, pulled off a surprise victory over the incumbent. Over the years he worked with senators whose views were far to the right of his, but he consistently championed the interests of the poor, farmers, and union workers against large banks, agribusinesses, and multinational corporations. Among other things, he advocated increases in the minimum wage, protections for consumers, the strengthening of Social Security, and the expansion of Medicare to include drug benefits, and he pushed for mental health coverage by insurance companies. In 1990–91 Wellstone opposed the Persian Gulf War, and he was one of a small minority of senators who in 2002 voted against giving Pres. George W. Bush authorization for military action against Iraq. In 2001 Wellstone published The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda. Along with his wife, daughter, three campaign aides, and two pilots, he was killed in a plane crash 11 days before the 2002 election.

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