Ted Stevens | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Ted Stevens


00:02:28 1 Early life and career
00:02:38 1.1 Childhood and youth
00:04:41 1.2 Military service
00:06:05 1.3 Higher education and law school
00:07:37 1.4 Early legal career
00:08:16 1.5 Marriage and family
00:10:08 1.5.1 Prostate cancer
00:10:52 2 Early Alaska career
00:12:58 2.1 U.S. Attorney
00:17:10 2.2 Department of the Interior
00:17:19 2.2.1 Alaska statehood
00:23:26 2.3 Alaska House of Representatives
00:23:56 3 U.S. Senator
00:24:00 3.1 Elections
00:25:42 3.2 Committees and leadership positions
00:28:06 3.3 Political positions
00:28:15 3.3.1 Internet and net neutrality
00:30:06 3.3.2 Logging
00:30:43 3.3.3 Abortion
00:31:10 3.3.4 Global warming
00:32:05 3.3.5 Criticism of political positions and actions
00:34:05 4 Controversies
00:34:45 4.1 Home remodeling and VECO
00:37:31 4.2 Former aide
00:37:51 4.3 Bob Penney
00:38:24 5 Trial, conviction, and reversal
00:38:34 5.1 Indictment
00:41:28 5.2 Guilty verdict and repercussions
00:44:43 5.3 Government concealment of evidence
00:46:16 5.4 Convictions voided and indictment dismissed
00:50:43 6 Personal life
00:53:18 7 Death and legacy
00:55:03 7.1 Memorial services
00:55:56 8 Electoral history
00:56:06 9 See also



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Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history at the time he left office; his record was surpassed in January 2017 by Orrin Hatch from Utah. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007 and was the third U.S. Senator to hold the title of President pro tempore emeritus.
Stevens served for six decades in the American public sector, beginning with his service in World War II. In 1952, his law career took him to Fairbanks, Alaska, where he was appointed U.S. Attorney the following year.  In 1956, he returned to Washington D.C. to work in the Eisenhower Interior Department, where he played an important role in bringing about statehood for Alaska. He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1964 and became House majority leader in his second term.  In 1968, Stevens ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, but was appointed to Alaska's other Senate seat when it became vacant later that year.  As a Senator, Stevens played key roles in legislation that shaped Alaska's economic and social development, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. He was also known for his sponsorship of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which resulted in the establishment of the United States Olympic Committee.
In 2008, Stevens was embroiled in a federal corruption trial as he ran for reelection to the Senate. He was initially found guilty and eight days later was narrowly defeated at the polls. Stevens was the most senior U.S. Senator to have ever lost a reelection bid. However, prior to Stevens's sentencing, the indictment was dismissed – effectively vacating the conviction – when a Justice Department probe found evidence of gross prosecutorial misconduct. Many argued the prosecution was unfair and politically motivated.Stevens died on August 9, 2010, when a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter he and several others were flying in crashed en route to a private fishing lodge.