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
Edie Wasserman	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, Bob Graham
Casey Wasserman	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Democratic Party of Texas
Walter Shorenstein	Hillary Clinton, 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
Joel Jankowsky	Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bill White
Melvin A Dow	Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White
Roselyne Chroman Swig	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, Bob Graham
Bert Carp	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
Karen Winnick	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
Marilyn Katzenberg	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, 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
Barbra Streisand	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham
Michael M Adler	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
Nancy Marsiglia	Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White
Alonzo Cantu	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas
Robert Johnson	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Thomas F McLarty III	Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bill White
Mark Gallogly	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party of Texas
Philip Verveer	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
Lukin T Gilliland Jr	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, 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, Democratic Party of Texas
Robert L Johnson	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Woody Kaplan	Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party of Texas

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Common Recipients

Edie Wasserman

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, Bob Graham

Casey Wasserman

Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, Democratic Party of Texas

Walter Shorenstein

Hillary Clinton, 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

Joel Jankowsky

Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bill White

Melvin A Dow

Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Ken Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Bill White

Roselyne Chroman Swig

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, Bob Graham

Bert Carp

Karen Winnick

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

Marilyn Katzenberg

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, 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

Barbra Streisand

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham

Michael M Adler

Nancy Marsiglia

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

Alonzo Cantu

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Ken Bentsen, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Joel Noriega, Democratic Party of Texas

Robert Johnson

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee

Thomas F McLarty III

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

Mark Gallogly

Philip Verveer

Lukin T Gilliland Jr

Ronald Kirk, Hillary Clinton, 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, Democratic Party of Texas

Robert L Johnson

Woody Kaplan

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

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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