1. Sherwood Louis Boehlert was an American politician from New York.
23 Facts About Sherwood Boehlert
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Sherwood Boehlert represented a large swath of central New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007.
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Sherwood Boehlert served as Chairman of the Science Committee from 2001 to 2006.
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Sherwood Louis Boehlert was born on September 28,1936, in Utica, New York, to Elizabeth Monica and Sherwood Boehlert, and graduated from Utica College.
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Sherwood Boehlert served two years in the United States Army and then worked as a manager of public relations for Wyandotte Chemical Company.
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Sherwood Boehlert was re-elected to every Congress subsequent until his retirement.
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Sherwood Boehlert entered the Republican primary to succeed him in the district, which had been renumbered from the 31st to the 25th in redistricting.
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Sherwood Boehlert was challenged in the Republican primary five times: 1986,1996,2000,2002, and 2004.
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Sherwood Boehlert is best known for his work on environmental policy.
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Sherwood Boehlert was a major contributor to the acid rain provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
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Sherwood Boehlert pushed continually to increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for light trucks and automobiles and was the lead GOP sponsor of numerous CAFE amendments.
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Sherwood Boehlert was a member of several national moderate GOP groups including the Republican Main Street Partnership and the Ripon Society.
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Sherwood Boehlert was one of the first Members of Congress to call for a competitiveness agenda, culminating with a major National Academy of Sciences report Rising Above the Gathering Storm on retaining US leadership in science and engineering, as well as the American Competitiveness Initiative introduced by President Bush in 2006.
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Sherwood Boehlert was an active promoter of first responder legislation, a strong champion for volunteer firefighters and original member and Chairman of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus.
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On March 17,2006, at a press conference Sherwood Boehlert announced that he would not seek a thirteenth term in office.
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Several important landmarks are named for Sherwood Boehlert that reflect his work on transportation and science issues.
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Sherwood Boehlert served on the Science Committee for his entire congressional career.
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Sherwood Boehlert was a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, serving as interim chairman in 2004.
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Sherwood Boehlert served on the Board of the bipartisan Alliance for Climate Protection chaired by former Vice President Al Gore.
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Sherwood Boehlert served as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
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Sherwood Boehlert was a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.
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In 2016, Sherwood Boehlert endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for president, and in 2018, he endorsed Democratic candidate Anthony Brindisi for New York's 22nd congressional district, which contained much of Sherwood Boehlert's former district.
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Sherwood Boehlert died from complications of dementia at a hospice care facility in New Hartford, New York, on September 20,2021, at age 84.