List of Sigma Chi members
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James Abdnor

University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1945

U.S. Senator for South Dakota from 1981–1987.

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Lamar AlexanderS

Vanderbilt, 1962

U.S. Senator for Tennessee from 2002–present.

Mark AndrewsS

North Dakota State University, 1949

U.S. Senator for North Dakota from 1981–1987.

C. Saxby ChamblissS

Georgia, 1966

U.S. Senator for Georgia from 2003–2015.

Bob CorkerS

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974

U.S. Senator for Tennessee from 2007–present.

Thomas du Pont

MIT, 1885

U.S. Senator for Delaware from 1921–1922, 1925–1928.

John EnsignS

UNLV, 1980

U.S. Senator for Nevada from 2001–2011.

Michael EnziS

George Washington, 1966

U.S. Senator for Wyoming from 1996–present.

J. William FulbrightS

University of Arkansas, 1924

U.S. Senator for Arkansas from 1945–1974.

Jake GarnS

University of Utah, 1954

U.S. Senator for Utah from 1974–1993.

Barry GoldwaterS

University of Arizona, 1932

U.S. Senator for Arizona from 1953–1965, 1969–1987.

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William Langer

University of North Dakota, 1905

U.S. Senator for North Dakota from 1933-1934, 1937–1939.

Herman Welker

University of Idaho, 1925

U.S. Senator for Idaho from 1951-1957.

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Ellis James Abdnor ( February 13 , 1923 - May 16 , 2012 ) was an American politician from the state of South Dakota . Abdnor was a Republican and served as a U.S . Senator from South Dakota .
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln ( Nebraska , UNL , or NU ) is a public research university in Lincoln , Nebraska . It is the state 's oldest university and the largest in the University of Nebraska system . The state legislature chartered the university in 1869 as a land-grant university under the 1862 Morrill Act , two years after Nebraska became a state . Around the turn of the 20th century , the university began to expand significantly , hiring professors from eastern schools to teach its new professional programs and conducting groundbreaking research in agricultural sciences . The Nebraska method of ecological study developed during this time pioneered grassland ecology and laid the foundation for research in theoretical ecology for the rest of the century . The university is organized into eight colleges on two campuses in Lincoln with over 100 classroom buildings and research facilities . Nebraska 's athletic programs , known as the Cornhuskers , compete in NCAA Division I and are a member of the Big Ten Conference . NU 's football team has won 46 conference championships and claims five national championships , with an additional nine unclaimed . The school 's volleyball team has won five titles and appeared in the national semifinal nine other times . NU plays its home football games at Memorial Stadium and has sold out every game since 1962 . The stadium 's capacity of 91,585 people is famously larger than the population of Nebraska 's third-largest city .
South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2 , 1889 and elects U.S. senators to Class 2 and Class 3 . Its current U.S. senators are Republicans John Thune ( since 2005 ) and Mike Rounds ( since 2015 ) .
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. ( born July 3 , 1940 ) is an American politician who is currently serving as the senior United States Senator from Tennessee , a seat he has held since 2003 . A member of the Republican Party , he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 , where he helped the implementation of Education 2000 . Born in Maryville , Tennessee , Alexander graduated from Vanderbilt University and the New York University School of Law . After establishing a legal career in Nashville , Tennessee , Alexander ran for Governor of Tennessee in 1974 , but was defeated by Democrat Ray Blanton . Alexander ran for governor again in 1978 , and this time defeated his Democratic opponent . He won re-election in 1982 and served as chairman of the National Governors Association from 1985 to 1986 . Alexander served as the president of the University of Tennessee from 1988 until 1991 , when he accepted appointment as Secretary of Education under President George H. W. Bush . Alexander sought the presidential nomination in the 1996 Republican primaries , but withdrew before the Super Tuesday primaries . He sought the nomination again in the 2000 Republican primaries , but dropped out after a poor showing in the Iowa Straw Poll . In 2002 , Alexander won election to succeed retiring Senator Fred Thompson . Alexander defeated Congressman Ed Bryant in the Republican primary and Congressman Bob Clement in the general election . He served as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference from 2007 to 2012 .
Vanderbilt University ( informally Vandy or VU ) is a private research university in Nashville , Tennessee . Founded in 1873 , it was named in honor of New York shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt , who provided the school its initial $ 1-million endowment despite having never been to the South . Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War . Ranked at number 15 among United States research universities by U.S. News & World Report , Vanderbilt enrolls approximately 13,100 students from all 50 U.S. states and over 100 foreign countries in four undergraduate and six graduate and professional schools . The university is in the process of converting its residence halls into an academic residential college system . Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university , including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities , the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center , and Dyer Observatory . Vanderbilt University Medical Center , formerly part of the university , became a separate institution in 2016 . With the exception of the off-campus observatory , all of the university 's facilities are situated on its 330-acre ( 1.3 km2 ) campus in the heart of Nashville , 1.5 miles ( 2.4 km ) from downtown . Despite its urban surroundings , the campus itself is a national arboretum and features over 300 different species of trees and shrubs . The Fugitives and Southern Agrarians were based at the university in the first half of the 20th century and helped revive Southern literature among others . The Jean and Alexander Heard Library , the campus library system , contains over 8 million items across ten libraries and stands as one of the nation 's top research libraries . Vanderbilt Television News Archive holds the most extensive collection of television news coverage in the world , with over 40,000 hours of content .
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1 , 1796 . Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the Union . They were again filled from July 1866 . Tennessee 's current Senators are Republicans Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn .
Mark Andrews ( born May 19 , 1926 ) is an American politician from the state of North Dakota . He is a member of the Republican Party who served as a U.S . Senator .
North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences , more commonly known as North Dakota State University ( NDSU ) , is a public research university located in Fargo , North Dakota . The institution was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as the research land-grant institution for the state of North Dakota . NDSU is a doctoral university and is classified as having very high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation . As of 2018 , NDSU offers 102 undergraduate majors , 170 undergraduate degree programs , 6 undergraduate certificate programs , 79 undergraduate minors , 81 master 's degree programs , 47 doctoral degree programs of study and 10 graduate certificate programs . NDSU is part of the North Dakota University System . It is one of the largest universities in the state of North Dakota . The university also operates North Dakota 's agricultural research extension centers distributed across the state on 18,488 acres ( 75 km² ) . In 2015 , NDSU 's economic impact on the state and region was estimated to be $ 1.3 billion a year according to the NDUS Systemwide Economic Study by the School of Economics at North Dakota State University . In 2016 , it was also the fifth-largest employer in the state of North Dakota .
North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2 , 1889 , and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3 . Its current Senators in Congress are Republicans John Hoeven ( since 2011 ) and Kevin Cramer ( since 2019 ) .
Clarence Saxby Chambliss ( born November 10 , 1943 ) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015 . As a member of the Republican Party , he previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003 . During his four terms in the House , Chambliss served on the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chaired the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security , which oversaw investigations of the intelligence community after the September 11 attacks in 2001 . During his 2002 bid for the U.S. Senate , Chambliss focused on the issue of national defense and homeland security . He won with 53% of the vote . For several years he was the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Agriculture , Nutrition and Forestry , and chaired the committee during the 109th Congress ( 2005-2007 ) . In the 112th Congress ( 2011-2012 ) he was the ranking Republican on the Select Committee on Intelligence . Chambliss had a conservative voting record in the Senate , but he participated in some bipartisan legislation . In December 2011 the Washington Post named Chambliss and the Gang of Six as one of the Best Leaders of 2011 for attempts to craft a bipartisan deficit reduction package . On January 25 , 2013 , Chambliss announced that he would not seek reelection in 2014 . In 2018 , President Trump appointed Chambliss to serve as a member of the Presidents Intelligence Advisory Board .
The University of Georgia ( UGA or Georgia ) is a public research university with its main campus in Athens , Georgia . Founded in 1785 , it is one of the oldest public universities in the United States . The university is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity , and as having more selective undergraduate admissions , its most selective admissions category , while the ACT Assessment Student Report places UGA admissions in the Highly Selective category , the highest classification . In keeping with the teaching portion of its motto , the university has a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 students per faculty member , and 46 percent of its classes have fewer than 20 students . In its 2020 rankings , U.S. News & World Report ranked the university tied for 50th among all U.S. public and private national universities and 16th among all public ones . In addition to the main campuses in Athens with their approximately 470 buildings , the university has two smaller campuses located in Tifton and Griffin . The university has two satellite campuses located in Atlanta and Lawrenceville . The university operates several service and outreach stations spread across the state . The total acreage of the university in 30 Georgia counties is 41,539 acres ( 168.10 km2 ) . The university also owns a residential education and research center in Washington , DC , as well as three international residential and research centers located at Oxford University in Oxford , England , at Cortona , Italy , and at Monteverde , Costa Rica . Student life includes more than 700 student organizations . The University of Georgia 's intercollegiate sports teams , commonly known by their Georgia Bulldogs nickname , compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I and the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) .
This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Georgia . Georgia has had Senators since the 1st Congress . Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its secession from the Union . They were again filled from February 1871 . United States senators are popularly elected , for a six-year term , beginning January 3 . Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1 . Before 1914 , they were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly , and before 1935 , their terms began March 4 . Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator . She served in the U.S. Senate from Georgia for one day in 1922 , following appointment due to the death of Thomas E. Watson .
Robert Phillips Corker Jr. ( born August 24 , 1952 ) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019 . A member of the Republican Party , he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2015 to 2019 . In 1978 , Corker founded a construction company , which he sold in 1990 . This increased his net worth to $ 45 million . He ran in the 1994 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee , but was defeated in the Republican primary by future Senate majority leader Bill Frist . Appointed by Governor Don Sundquist , Corker served as Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee from 1995 to 1996 , preceded by David Manning and succeeded by John Ferguson . He later acquired two of the largest real estate companies in Chattanooga , Tennessee , before being elected the 71st Mayor of Chattanooga in 2000 ; he served one term ( 2001-2005 ) . Corker announced his candidacy for the 2006 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee after Frist announced his retirement . Corker defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Harold Ford , Jr. in the general election , with 51% of the vote . In 2012 Corker was reelected , defeating Democrat Mark E. Clayton , 65% to 30% . On September 26 , 2017 , Corker announced that he would not seek reelection in 2018 ; Republican U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn was elected to succeed him .
The University of Tennessee ( The University of Tennessee , Knoxville ; UT Knoxville ; UTK ; or UT ) is a public research university in Knoxville , Tennessee . Founded in 1794 , two years before Tennessee became the 16th state , it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system , with ten undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges . It hosts almost 28,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries . In its 2020 universities ranking , U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 104th among all national universities and 44th among public institutions of higher learning . Seven of its alumni have been selected as Rhodes Scholars . James M. Buchanan , M.S . '41 , received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics . UT 's ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory , established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the UT-Battelle partnership , allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students . Also affiliated with the university are the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy , the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility , and the University of Tennessee Arboretum , which occupies 250 acres ( 100 ha ) of nearby Oak Ridge and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region . The university is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center , which is one of two Level I trauma centers in East Tennessee . The University of Tennessee is the only university in the nation to have three presidential papers editing projects . The university holds collections of the papers of all three U.S. presidents from Tennessee - Andrew Jackson , James K. Polk , and Andrew Johnson .
Thomas Coleman du Pont ( December 11 , 1863 - November 11 , 1930 ) was an American engineer and politician , from Greenville , Delaware . He was President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , and a member of the Republican Party who served parts of two terms as United States Senator from Delaware .
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) is a private research university in Cambridge , Massachusetts . The Institute is a land-grant , sea-grant , and space-grant university , with an urban campus that extends more than a mile ( 1.6 km ) alongside the Charles River . The Institute also encompasses a number of major off-campus facilities such as the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , the Bates Center , and the Haystack Observatory , as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes . Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States , MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering . It has since played a key role in the development of many aspects of modern science , engineering , mathematics , and technology , and is widely known for its innovation and academic strength , making it one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 96 Nobel laureates , 26 Turing Award winners , and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT as alumni , faculty members , or researchers . In addition , 58 National Medal of Science recipients , 29 National Medals of Technology and Innovation recipients , 50 MacArthur Fellows , 73 Marshall Scholars , 48 Rhodes Scholars , 41 astronauts , and 16 Chief Scientists of the US Air Force have been affiliated with MIT . The school also has a strong entrepreneurial culture , and the aggregated annual revenues of companies founded by MIT alumni ( $ 1.9 trillion ) would rank roughly as the tenth-largest economy in the world ( 2014 ) . MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities ( AAU ) .
Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Delaware . U.S. senators were originally elected by the Delaware General Assembly for designated six-year terms beginning March 4 . Frequently portions of the term would remain only upon a U.S. senator 's death or resignation . From 1914 and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , adopted in 1913 , officeholders were popularly elected on the first Tuesday after November 1 ; starting 1935 , the beginning of their term is January 3 . Delaware 's current U.S. senators are Democrats Tom Carper ( serving since 2001 ) and Chris Coons ( serving since 2010 ) .
John Eric Ensign ( born March 25 , 1958 ) is an American veterinarian and former politician based in Las Vegas , Nevada . A member of the Republican Party , Ensign was a Congressman and United States Senator from Nevada ; he served in the latter seat from January 2001 until May 2011 , when he resigned amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to hide an extramarital affair . Following his resignation from the Senate , Ensign returned to Nevada and resumed his career as a veterinarian .
The University of Nevada , Las Vegas ( UNLV ) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise , Nevada . The 332-acre ( 134 ha ) campus is about 1.6 mi ( 2.6 km ) east of the Las Vegas Strip . It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969 . The university includes the Shadow Lane Campus , just east of the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada , which houses both School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine . UNLV 's law school , the William S. Boyd School of Law , is also the only law school in the state . UNLV is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . The William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration is annually ranked among the top hospitality programs in the United States due in part to the university 's proximity to the Las Vegas Strip . Its Thomas & Mack Center hosted the 2007 NBA All-Star Game , concerts and lectures by Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev as part of various UNLV-affiliated lecture series .
Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31 , 1864 and has been represented in the United States Senate by 26 people . Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto ( Class 3 , serving since 2017 ) and Jacky Rosen ( Class 1 , serving since 2019 ) . Nevada has been represented by 14 Republicans and 14 Democrats .
Michael Bradley Enzi ( /ˈɛnzi/ ; born February 1 , 1944 ) is an American politician and accountant serving as the senior United States Senator from Wyoming , a seat he was first elected to in 1996 . He is a member of the Republican Party . Raised in Thermopolis , Wyoming , Enzi attended George Washington University and the University of Denver . He expanded his father 's shoe store business in Gillette , Wyoming before being elected the city 's mayor in 1974 . In the late 1970s , he worked for the United States Department of the Interior . He served as a state legislator in both the Wyoming House of Representatives ( 1987-1991 ) and Wyoming Senate ( 1991-1997 ) . During the 1980s and 1990s , he worked as an accountant and executive director in the energy industry . Enzi was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 with 54% of the vote and was reelected in 2002 with 73% of the vote , in 2008 with 75% of the vote and in 2014 with 71% of the vote . Since his election , he has consistently been ranked one of the most conservative members of the Senate . He was a member of the 2009 Gang of Six , which attempted to negotiate health care reform . Since 2015 , he has also chaired the Senate Budget Committee , during the 114th and 115th Congresses .
George Washington University ( GW or GWU ) is a private research university in Washington , D.C . It was chartered in 1821 by an act of the United States Congress . The university is organized into 14 colleges and schools , including the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences , the Elliott School of International Affairs , the GW School of Business , the School of Media and Public Affairs , the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration , the GW Law School and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design . George Washington 's main Foggy Bottom Campus is located in the heart of Washington , D.C. , with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank located on campus and the White House and the U.S. Department of State within blocks of campus . GWU hosts numerous research centers and institutes , including the National Security Archive and the Institute for International Economic Policy . GWU has two satellite campuses : the Mount Vernon Campus , located in D.C. 's Foxhall neighborhood and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus . It is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia . George Washington , the first President of the United States , advocated the establishment of a national university in the U.S. capital in his first State of the Union address in 1790 and continued to promote this idea throughout his career and until his death . In his will , Washington left shares in the Potomac Company to endow the university . However , due to the company 's financial difficulties , funds were raised independently . On February 9 , 1821 , the university was founded by an Act of Congress , making it one of only five universities in the United States with a Congressional charter . George Washington offers degree programs in seventy-one disciplines , enrolling an average of 11,000 undergraduate and 15,500 post-graduate students from more than 130 countries .
Wyoming was admitted to the Union on July 10 , 1890 , and elects United States senators to Class 1 and Class 2 . Its current U.S. senators are Republicans Mike Enzi ( serving since 1997 ) and John Barrasso ( serving since 2007 ) . 21 people have served as a United States senator from Wyoming .
James William Fulbright ( April 9 , 1905 - February 9 , 1995 ) was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from January 1945 until his resignation in December 1974 . Fulbright is the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . A Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations , he was also a segregationist who signed the Southern Manifesto . Fulbright opposed McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee and later became known for his opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War . His efforts to establish an international exchange program eventually resulted in the creation of a fellowship program which bears his name , the Fulbright Program .
The University of Arkansas ( U of A , UArk , or UA ) is a public land-grant , research university in Fayetteville , Arkansas . It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest , best-known university in the state . Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 , its present name was adopted in 1899 and classes were first held on January 22 , 1872 . It is noted for its strong architecture , agriculture ( particularly animal science and poultry science ) , business , communication disorders , creative writing , history , law , and Middle Eastern studies programs . Enrollment for the fall semester of 2018 was 27,778 . The university campus consists of 378 buildings spread across 512 acres ( 2.07 km2 ) of land in Fayetteville , Arkansas . Some well known architecture on campus includes Old Main , the first permanent academic building erected . Academic programs are in excess of 200 . The ratio of students to faculty is approximately 19:1 . The university also received a combined total of $ 103.2 million in research awards for the 2017 fiscal year . UA 's athletic teams , the Arkansas Razorbacks , compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) with eight men 's teams and eleven women 's teams in thirteen sports . The University is known for its traditions , including Calling the Hogs at sports events , and Senior Walk , more than 4 miles ( 6.4 km ) of campus sidewalk etched with the names of all UA graduates since 1871 .
Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15 , 1836 , and elects its senators to Class 2 and Class 3 . Arkansas 's Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 , due to its secession from the Union . They were again filled from June 1868 . Its current senators are Republicans John Boozman and Tom Cotton .
Edwin Jacob Jake Garn ( born October 12 , 1932 ) is an American astronaut , politician , and member of the Republican Party , who served as a U.S . Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993 . Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D ( April 12-19 , 1985 ) .
The University of Utah ( U of U , UofU , or simply The U ) is a public research university in Salt Lake City , Utah . As the state 's flagship university , it offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs . The university is classified among Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity with selective , higher transfer-in admissions . Graduate studies include the S.J . Quinney College of Law and the School of Medicine , Utah 's first medical school . As of Fall 2018 , there were 24,735 undergraduate students and 8,251 graduate students , for an enrollment total of 32,994 . The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret ( /ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ ( listen ) ) by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret , making it Utah 's oldest institution of higher education . It received its current name in 1892 , four years before Utah attained statehood , and moved to its current location in 1900 . The university ranks 61st among U.S. universities by total research expenditures with over $ 380 million spent in 2017 . 22 Rhodes Scholars , four Nobel Prize winners , two Turing Award winners , eight MacArthur Fellows , various Pulitzer Prize winners , two astronauts , Gates Cambridge Scholars , and Churchill Scholars have been affiliated with the university as students , researchers , or faculty members in its history . In addition , the university 's Honors College has been reviewed among 100 leading national Honors Colleges in the U.S . The university 's athletic teams , the Utes , participate in NCAA Division I athletics ( FBS for football ) as a member of the Pac-12 Conference .
Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4 , 1896 , and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3 . Its current Senators are Republicans Mike Lee and Mitt Romney .
Barry Morris Goldwater ( January 2 , 1909 - May 29 , 1998 ) was an American politician , businessman , and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona ( 1953-1965 , 1969-1987 ) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964 . Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide , Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s . He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement . Goldwater rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought with the conservative coalition against the New Deal coalition . Although he had supported earlier civil rights legislation , he notably opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as he believed it to be an overreach by the federal government . In 1964 , Goldwater mobilized a large conservative constituency to win the hard-fought Republican presidential primaries . Although raised as an Episcopalian , Goldwater was the first candidate of ethnically Jewish heritage to be nominated for President by a major American party ( his father was Jewish ) . Goldwater 's platform ultimately failed to gain the support of the electorate and he lost the 1964 presidential election to incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson . Goldwater returned to the Senate in 1969 and specialized in defense and foreign policy . As an elder statesman of the party , Goldwater successfully urged President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974 when evidence of a cover-up in the Watergate scandal became overwhelming and impeachment was imminent . Goldwater 's views grew more libertarian as he reached the end of his career ; he retired from the Senate in 1987 . A significant accomplishment of his career was the passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 .
The University of Arizona ( Arizona , U of A , UArizona , or UA ) is a public research university in Tucson , Arizona . Founded in 1885 , the UA was the first university in the Arizona Territory . As of 2018 [ update ] , the university enrolls 45,217 students in 19 separate colleges/schools , including the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix and the James E. Rogers College of Law , and is affiliated with two academic medical centers ( Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix ) . The University of Arizona is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents . The University of Arizona is one of the elected members of the Association of American Universities and is the only representative from the state of Arizona to this group . Known as the Arizona Wildcats ( often shortened to Cats ) , the UA 's intercollegiate athletic teams are members of the Pac-12 Conference of the NCAA . UA athletes have won national titles in several sports , most notably men 's basketball , baseball , and softball . The official colors of the university and its athletic teams are cardinal red and navy blue .
Arizona was admitted to the Union on February 14 , 1912 . U.S. senators from Arizona belong to Class 1 and Class 3 and are popularly elected for a six-year term beginning January 3 . Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1 . The state 's current U.S. senators are Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally , both serving since 2019 , making it one of nine states to have a split United States Senate delegation .
William Wild Bill Langer ( September 30 , 1886 - November 8 , 1959 ) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota . Langer is one of the most colorful characters in North Dakota history , most famously bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor 's office and into multiple trials . He served as the 17th and 21st Governor of North Dakota from 1932 to 1934 and from 1937 to 1939 . Langer served in the United States Senate from 1941 until his death in office in 1959 . As senator he was best known for strongly opposing any American military involvement in world affairs , while his opponents called him an isolationist .
The University of North Dakota ( also known as UND or North Dakota ) is a public research university in Grand Forks , North Dakota . Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883 , six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota , it is the state 's oldest university . UND was founded with a liberal arts foundation and expanded to include scientific research . The university has the only schools of law and medicine in the state of North Dakota . Its best known college is perhaps its John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences , the first in the country to offer a degree in unmanned aircraft systems operations , and programs in aviation and aerospace . Several national research institutions are on the university 's campus including the Energy and Environmental Research Center , the School of Medicine and Health Sciences , and the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center . North Dakota 's athletic teams compete in the NCAA 's Division I . Most teams compete as members of the Big Sky Conference , with the exceptions of men 's hockey ( National Collegiate Hockey Conference ) , and swimming ( Western Athletic Conference ) . The men 's ice hockey team has won eight national championships and play in the Ralph Engelstad Arena .
Herman Orville Welker ( December 11 , 1906 - October 30 , 1957 ) was a politician from the state of Idaho . He was a member of the Idaho Republican Party and served one term in the United States Senate , from 1951 to 1957 .
The University of Idaho ( U of I , or UIdaho ) is a public university in Moscow , Idaho . It is the state 's land-grant and primary research university . It is the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium . The University of Idaho was the state 's sole university for 71 years , until 1963 , and its College of Law , established in 1909 , was first accredited by the American Bar Association in 1925 . Formed by the territorial legislature on January 30 , 1889 , the university opened its doors in 1892 on October 3 , with an initial class of 40 students . The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women . It has an enrollment exceeding 12,000 , with over 11,000 on the Moscow campus . The university offers 142 degree programs , from accountancy to wildlife resources , including bachelor 's , master 's , doctoral , and specialists ' degrees . Certificates of completion are offered in 30 areas of study . At 25% and 53% , its 4 and 6 year graduation rates are the highest of any public university in Idaho , and it generates 74 percent of all research money in the state , with research expenditures of $ 100 million in 2010 alone . As a land-grant university and the primary research university in the state , UI has the largest campus in the state at 1,585 acres ( 6.4 km2 ) , in the rolling hills of the Palouse region at an elevation of 2,600 feet ( 790 m ) above sea level . The school is home to the Idaho Vandals , who compete in NCAA Division I athletics .
Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Idaho . The state was admitted to the Union on July 3 , 1890 , and its U.S. senators belong to Class 2 and Class 3 . Idaho 's current senators are Republicans Mike Crapo and Jim Risch .