Paul Wellstone

US Senator from Minnesota

A Senator from Minnesota; born in Washington, D.C., July 21, 1944; attended the public schools in Arlington, Va.; B.A., University of North Carolina, 1965; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 1969; taught political science at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1969-1990; director, Minnesota Community Energy Program, September 1983-September 1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1990; reelected in 1996 and served from January 3, 1991, until his death in a plane crash on October 25, 2002; interment in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Karmi Mattson Assistant Vice President, Regional Outreach and Public Programs- Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Lutheran Volunteer Corps

• Scheduler (Jun '99→Dec '02)

Douglas L Parker Biden Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Labor

• Staff Assistant (past)

Positions

Carleton College Small, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota

• Political Science faculty ('69→'90)

Donors

Wellstone for Senate

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Paul Wellstone US Senator from Minnesota

• 1 contribution · 250 USD ('01)

Campaign Donors

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Jay Rockefeller Former Democratic US Senator from West Virginia

• 9 contributions · 9,000 USD ('96→'02)

Sage Cowles Dancer

• 8 contributions · 6,900 USD ('89→Apr 18 '01)

Sam Kaplan Founded Kaplan, Strangis & Kaplan in Minneapolis

• 9 contributions · 6,800 USD ('90→'01)

Neva Rockefeller Goodwin Heiress, Co-director at Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University

• 8 contributions · 6,000 USD ('95→Oct 25 '02)

Mark Dayton Governor of Minnesota in 20111-2019; US Senator from Minnesota

• 6 contributions · 6,000 USD ('89→Feb 12 '01)

Sylvia Kaplan

• 7 contributions · 5,200 USD ('90→'01)

Alida Rockefeller Dayton

• 5 contributions · 5,000 USD ('90→Feb 21 '02)

Fred Eychaner Chicago Media Mogul

• 5 contributions · 4,900 USD ('90→'02)

Mary Lee Dayton Founder, Women's Foundation of Minnesota -- Wayzata Minnesota

• 7 contributions · 4,500 USD ('90→'02)

Adam Hochschild Writer and one of the cofounders of Mother Jones

• 5 contributions · 4,500 USD ('90→Nov 23 '01)

Memberships

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member [+1]

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 3 '91→Oct 25 '02)

Schools

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill The first public university chartered under the US Constitution

• PhD (?→'69) [+1]

• BA (?→'65)

Updated about 1 year ago

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Gender	Male
Birthday	Jul 21 '44
Date of death	Oct 25 '02
Aliases	Paul David Wellstone

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