Arlen Specter
American politician (1930-2012) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 82
Arlen Specter was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party.
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Specter reproducing the assumed alignment of the single bullet theory. The subsequent revelation that Texas Governor John Connally's seat in the Presidential limousine had been elevated with respect to John Kennedy's corroborated this theory.
Specter with Martin Luther King Jr.
Specter greeting President Richard Nixon in 1971
Specter with President Ronald Reagan in 1986
Specter, while he was being interviewed by Margot Adler for an episode of Justice Talking on "Presidential signing statements".
Specter campaigning for re-election
Specter (far right) at the 2009 Netroots Nation convention in PittsburghAwards
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First elected in 1980, he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the state for 30 years.
