Nancy Davis Reagan was an American film actress who was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989,as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan,the 40th president of the United States.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney,author,and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in five presidential administrations,including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor,George H. W. Bush,from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999;she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election but eventually withdrew from the race.
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney,diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. Secretary of State before returning as the 16th White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is an American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon,who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president,and the widow of former U.S. senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler is an American politician who has served multiple different positions within the United States Department of State.
Jack Eckerd was an American businessman and the second generation owner of Eckerd chain of drugstores.
The 1982 United States Senate elections were held on November 2,1982. They were elections for the United States Senate following Republican gains in 1980. The 33 Senate seats of Class 1 were up for election in 1982. A total of 4 seats changed hands between parties,with Democrats winning seats in New Jersey and New Mexico,and Republicans taking seats in Nevada and the seat of the lone Independent,Senator Harry Byrd,Jr.,in Virginia. Democrats made a net gain of one seat bringing them up to 46 seats,while Republicans stayed at 54 seats for a majority. However,the Democratic gain in New Jersey replaced a Republican that had been appointed earlier in the year. Liberal Republican senators in Connecticut,Rhode Island,and Vermont held onto their seats,keeping the Senate in Republican hands.
Claude Roy Kirk Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 36th governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971. A Republican for most his career,he was the first Republican governor of Florida since Reconstruction.
Richard Bernard Stone was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based in Baton Rouge,from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction,the first having been David C. Treen,then of Jefferson Parish.
Louis Frey Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979,until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola.
William Cato Cramer Sr.,was an American attorney and politician,elected in 1954 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from St. Petersburg,Florida. He was the first Florida Republican elected to Congress since 1880,shortly after the end of Reconstruction. He was re-elected,serving without interruption until 1970.
The 1970 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 3,1970,to determine the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida,concurrent with the election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Nelson Gerard Gross was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee. His political career ended in 1974 when he was convicted on federal charges involving the 1969 campaign of Governor William T. Cahill. After his prison term he went on to a lucrative business career as a real estate developer and restaurateur,before being kidnapped and murdered in September 1997.
Dominick Leonard DiCarlo was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1981;Ronald Reagan's first Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1981 to 1984;and a United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade from 1984 to 1999.
Jon R. Thomas was United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1984 to 1986.
The 1986 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4,1986. Incumbent Republican Senator Charles Mathias Jr. decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Democratic U.S. Representative Barbara Mikulski defeated Reagan Administration official Linda Chavez for the open seat. Mikulski's swearing-in marked the first time since 1969 where Democrats held both Senate seats from Maryland.
The 1974 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 5,1974. Incumbent Senator Edward Gurney,a Republican,declined to seek a second term after being indicted for taking bribes in return for his influence with the Federal Housing Administration. The primary for the Republican nomination pitted Eckerd drug store owner Jack Eckerd against Florida Public Service Commissioner Paula Hawkins. Eckerd won handily,receiving approximately 67.5% of the vote. The Democratic primary,however,was a crowded field with eleven candidates vying for the nomination. Because no candidate received a majority of the votes,U.S. Representative Bill Gunter and Secretary of State of Florida Richard Stone advanced to a run-off election. Stone won by a small margin of 1.68%.
The 1978 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1978. Democratic nominee Bob Graham was elected,defeating Republican nominee Jack Eckerd with 55.59% of the vote.
The presidential transition of George H. W. Bush began when then-Vice President Bush won the United States 1988 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect,and ended when Bush was inaugurated on January 20,1989.
