1. Henry John Heinz III was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until his death in 1991.
22 Facts About John Heinz
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In 1976, John Heinz ran to replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott.
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John Heinz narrowly won in the Republican primary over future Senator Arlen Specter and defeated William Green III in the general election.
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John Heinz won re-election in 1982 and 1988 by large margins.
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John Heinz moved to San Francisco, California, with his mother and stepfather, US Navy Captain Clayton Chot "Monty" McCauley.
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John Heinz then attended and graduated from Yale University, where Theodore Stebbins was his roommate, in 1960, majoring in history, arts and letters.
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John Heinz remained in the Air Force Reserve until 1969.
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John Heinz served as an assistant to Pennsylvania Republican US Senator Hugh Scott and played an active role as assistant campaign manager during Scott's campaign for re-election.
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In 1971, John Heinz entered politics after Representative Robert Corbett, who represented Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, died in office.
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John Heinz was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in 1972 and 1974.
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John Heinz opted not to run for re-election to his seat in the House of Representatives, announcing on December 10,1975 to run for Pennsylvania's open United States Senate seat created by the retirement of incumbent Hugh Scott.
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John Heinz faced congressman William Green III in the general election.
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John Heinz was criticized by Green for his wealth and spending.
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John Heinz was a member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the National Commission on Social Security Reform, the National Commission on Health Care Reform, the Northeast Coalition, and the Steel Caucus.
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John Heinz served as chairman of the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policies, the Special Committee on Aging, and the Republican Conference Task Force on Job Training and Education.
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John Heinz voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr.
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John Heinz voted in favor of the Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination.
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In 1991, John Heinz began evaluating a Pennsylvania gubernatorial bid, with advisors thinking it was a move towards a future bid for the White House.
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Aviation Department Bell 412 helicopter and a Piper Aerostar, with John Heinz aboard, collided in mid-air above Merion Elementary School in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.
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Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle, Senator John Heinz's remains were interred in the John Heinz family mausoleum in Homewood Cemetery, located in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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John Heinz could send the Senate leadership up a wall faster than anyone I've seen.
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John Heinz was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1991.