Nancy Davis Reagan was an American film actress and first lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was the second wife of president Ronald Reagan.
James Strom Thurmond Sr. was an American politician,military officer,and attorney who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator,he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951. Thurmond was a member of the Democratic Party until 1964 when he joined the Republican Party for the remainder of his legislative career. He also ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate,receiving over a million votes and winning four states.
Mary Elizabeth AlexanderHanford Dole is an American politician and author who served in the Richard Nixon,Ronald Reagan,and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations. She also served as a United States Senator for North Carolina from 2003 to 2009.
John Goodwin Tower was an American politician,serving as a Republican United States Senator from Texas from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower also led the Tower Commission,which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair,and was an unsuccessful nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense in 1989.
Paula Hawkins was an American politician from Florida. She is the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. She was the second woman ever elected to the Senate from the American South. She was the first woman in the country to be elected to a full Senate term without having a close family member who previously served in major public office.
Claude Roy Kirk Jr. was the 36th Governor of the U.S. state of Florida (1967–1971). 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.
Edward John Gurney Jr. was an attorney and an American politician based in Florida,where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. Born and reared in Portland,Maine,Gurney moved to Florida after his service in World War II. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1962,Gurney was the second Republican elected to Congress from Florida in the 20th century.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman who is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based about 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.
Nancy Patricia Dorn was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1991 to 1993. She later served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2002 to 2003.
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 3,1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Charles Mathias Jr. decided to retire,instead of seeking a fourth term. Democratic nominee Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski defeated Reagan Administration official Linda Chavez for the open seat.
Frederick L. "Rick" Ahearn is an American political and corporate consultant,currently serving as executive vice president of Potomac Communications Strategies in Alexandria,Virginia. He is best known for his long service as lead advanceman for Ronald Reagan,as a candidate in 1979-80 and for most of his two terms as President;he was standing close to Reagan during his attempted assassination on March 30,1981. Ahearn was also a senior adviser and planner for the presidential funerals and burials of Reagan and Gerald Ford,as well as Jack Kemp and First Lady Nancy Reagan. In all,he has served five U.S. presidents and six vice presidents,and aided 14 presidential campaigns from 1968 to 2016.
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.
