LittleSis: Lloyd M Bentsen

(uncle of Ken Bentsen), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Texas Law School at Austin 1942 and was admitted to the bar the same year; served in the United States Army Air Forces 1942-1945, attaining rank of major; awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross; entered the private practice of law in McAllen, Tex., in 1945; county judge of Hidalgo County 1946-1948; elected in 1948 as a Democrat in to the Eighty-first Congress and, at a special election on December 4, 1948, to fill the vacancy in the Eightieth Congress caused by the death of Milton H. West; reelected to the Eighty-second and Eighty-third Congresses and served from December 4, 1948, to January 3, 1955; was not a candidate for renomination in 1954; founded and operated a financial holding company in Texas; elected as a Democrat in 1970 to the United States Senate for the term commencing January 3, 1971; reelected in 1976, 1982, and 1988, and served until his resignation on January 20, 1993; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1976; chairman, Joint Economic Committee (Ninety-eighth Congress), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-eighth Congress), Committee on Finance (One Hundredth through One Hundred Second Congresses); Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States 1988; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-1994; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 11, 1999; was a resident of Houston, Texas, at the time of his death on May 23, 2006; interment in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston, Texas.

Donor	Common Recipients
Craig Hall	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White
Domingo A Garcia	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White, Victor M Morales
Thomas Boggs	Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White
Marc R Stanley	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas
Lyndon L Olson Jr	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White
Richard Mithoff	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White
Steve Farber	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White
Ronald Rapoport	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham
Kathryn Hall	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White
Alida Rockefeller Dayton	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party of Texas
Stephen D Susman	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Bill White
Audrey B Kaplan	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Victor M Morales
Ronald Platt	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham
Peter A Kraus	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Lynn R Coleman	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White
James M Copeland	Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham
Michael S. Berman	Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham
John D Raffaelli	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Marc Winkelman	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White, Victor M Morales
Isabel Brown Wilson	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Nicholas V Lampson, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White, Victor M Morales

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Common Recipients

Craig Hall

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White

Domingo A Garcia

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White, Victor M Morales

Thomas Boggs

Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White

Marc R Stanley

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas

Lyndon L Olson Jr

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White

Richard Mithoff

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White

Steve Farber

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White

Ronald Rapoport

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham

Kathryn Hall

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White

Alida Rockefeller Dayton

Stephen D Susman

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Bill White

Audrey B Kaplan

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Victor M Morales

Ronald Platt

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham

Peter A Kraus

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee

Lynn R Coleman

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White

James M Copeland

Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham

Michael S. Berman

John D Raffaelli

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee

Marc Winkelman

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White, Victor M Morales

Isabel Brown Wilson

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Nicholas V Lampson, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas, Bill White, Victor M Morales

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative, Business Person, Lobbyist, Public Official, Lawyer
Gender	Male
Birthday	Feb 11 '21
Date of death	May 23 '06
Aliases	Lloyd Bentsen, Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr

Lloyd M Bentsen

US Representative and Senator from Texas; Clinton's first Treasury Secretary

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