Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928 – December 9, 2003) was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
He later served as director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbonda...
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Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928 – December 9, 2003) was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
He later served as director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, starting in 1997. There, he taught classes on politics, history and journalism.
Simon was noted during his career for his distinctive appearance that included a bowtie and horn-rimmed glasses.
Simon was the son of Ruth (Tolzmann), a Lutheran missionary, and Martin Simon, a Lutheran minister who was a missionary to China. His father, a native of Wisconsin, was of German descent, and his mother, from Iowa, was adopted by a German-speaking family in St. Louis. Simon was born in Eugene, Oregon, shortly after his parents were...
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