1. Warren Bruce Rudman was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993.
19 Facts About Warren Rudman
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Warren Rudman's family were Jewish immigrants from Germany, Poland, and Russia.
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Warren Rudman lived his entire life in New Hampshire, with few exceptions.
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Warren Rudman attended the Valley Forge Military Academy boarding school in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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Warren Rudman received his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
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Warren Rudman received his JD degree from Boston College Law School in 1960, and was appointed Attorney General of New Hampshire in 1970; serving in that capacity until 1976.
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From 2004 to 2006, Warren Rudman led a team of attorneys that investigated accounting practices at Fannie Mae.
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Warren Rudman was an Advisory Board member and Co-Chair of the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.
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Warren Rudman was one of the few Jewish politicians elected in New Hampshire.
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Warren Rudman spent his final years as a resident of Hollis, New Hampshire, a suburb of Nashua.
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Warren Rudman was the author of a memoir called Combat.
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Warren Rudman defeated incumbent John Durkin in the 1980 election, riding the wave of Ronald Reagan's landslide victory.
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Durkin resigned and Governor Hugh Gallen appointed Warren Rudman to fill the vacancy in late December 1980.
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Warren Rudman served on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Ethics Committee.
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Senator John McCain asked Warren Rudman to serve as his campaign chair during McCain's 2000 presidential campaign.
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Warren Rudman was twice considered as a possible vice presidential candidate on the ticket of two parties other than the GOP.
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In 2004, Warren Rudman was mentioned as possible running mate for Democratic nominee John Kerry.
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Warren Rudman was a co-chair, along with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business consulting and strategy firm based in Washington, DC.
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Warren Rudman died of lymphoma in Washington on November 19,2012, only a month after Durkin.