1. Malcolm Wallop was an American rancher and politician.
24 Facts About Malcolm Wallop
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Malcolm Wallop served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995.
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Malcolm Wallop was the second son of Jean Moore Wallop and the Hon.
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Malcolm Wallop then attended the Cate School in Carpenteria, California.
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Malcolm Wallop graduated from the Cate School in Santa Barbara, California.
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Malcolm Wallop then attended Yale University where he was a member of St Anthony Hall.
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Malcolm Wallop entered politics in 1969 as a successful candidate for the Wyoming House of Representatives.
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Malcolm Wallop served two terms, from 1969 to 1972, followed by one term in the Wyoming State Senate from 1973 to 1976.
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In 1974, Malcolm Wallop sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but was defeated in the primaries.
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In 1976 Wallop successfully unseated three-term Democratic US Senator Gale W McGee, winning 55 percent of the vote to win a seat in the United States Senate.
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Malcolm Wallop made a campaign pledge to serve only two terms, although he went on to serve three.
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Three years later, Malcolm Wallop successfully amended the Clean Water Act to protect states' interests.
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Malcolm Wallop's bill to cut inheritance and gift taxes in 1981 was a key component of President Ronald Reagan's tax reform package and is remembered as one of the most substantive changes to tax policy that decade, and four years earlier, Wallop was partially responsible for phasing out President Jimmy Carter's windfall profits tax.
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In 1977, Malcolm Wallop was one of nine Senators to vote against the Senate adopting a stringent code of ethics intended to assist with the restoration of public confidence in Congress.
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In 1982, Malcolm Wallop was re-elected by a 14-point margin over Democrat Rodger McDaniel, a Wyoming state legislator.
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In 1988, Malcolm Wallop won his final term by just 1,322 votes over his opponent, Democratic state senator John Vinich.
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Malcolm Wallop was a member of the Helsinki Commission and traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as an arms control negotiator.
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Malcolm Wallop was a strong advocate of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and US participation in the World Trade Organization.
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In 1994, Malcolm Wallop opted out of a race for a fourth term.
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In 1996, Malcolm Wallop served as General Chairman and Executive Director of the Steve Forbes presidential campaign, which succeeded in winning primary victories in Delaware and Arizona.
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Malcolm Wallop was married four times: He married Vail Stebbins in 1956.
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Malcolm Wallop married Judith Warren in 1967, divorcing her in 1981.
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Malcolm Wallop's nephew is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon, whose family seat in England, Highclere Castle, has achieved prominence as a filming location for the ITV television series Downton Abbey.
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Malcolm Wallop died at his home near Big Horn on September 14,2011, at the age of 78.