Charles Mathias
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican politician (1922-2010)
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. S. state of Maryland. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1987.
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The incumbent Daniel Brewster, whom Mathias defeated despite the Democratic Party's 3-1 advantage in registered voters
Mathias frequently clashed ideologically with the Richard Nixon Administration.
Barbara Mikulski challenged Mathias for his seat in 1974.
Mathias expressed concern over the growing influence of conservatives in the Republican Party during the 1976 campaign between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Strom Thurmond blocked Mathias from serving as ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.
Senator Mathias exhibits his grip strength with a hand dynamometer during a tour of the Gerontology Research Center testing laboratories of the National Institutes of Health, 1980.
Mathias speaking at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Baltimore attack submarine, July 24, 1982.Politicians from United States 6
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Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Maryland. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1959 to 1961.
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