Proxmire, William

Proxmire, William
▪ 2006

      American politician (b. Nov. 11, 1915, Lake Forest, Ill.—d. Dec. 15, 2005, Sykesville, Md.), was a Democratic senator from Wisconsin who crusaded against governmental waste. He joined the Senate in 1957 after winning a special election to fill the seat of Joseph McCarthy. From 1975 to 1988 Proxmire annually announced his Golden Fleece Awards, given to the year's most egregious cases of frivolous government spending. His intense dedication to a cause was not limited to fiscal waste. Between 1967 and 1986 on every day that Congress was in session, he made a speech that called for ratification of the antigenocide pact. His personal discipline was legendary; he jogged nearly 16 km (10 mi) every day, refused to accept campaign donations, and did not miss a single Senate roll-call vote in more than 20 years.

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