Word: mathiases
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One speaks with a Southern lilt, one has a Boston brogue, one a patrician richness, one a Western twang. They represent four different regions of the country, reflect four distinct personal styles and stand for four divergent political traditions. Their total years in the nation's service come to 128...
They were high-minded, sometimes high-handed, moderate Republicans from the Eastern Establishment, and they ran the party -- and the nation -- during the Eisenhower years, combining a progressive outlook on social issues with a pragmatic one on international affairs. They are nearly all gone now, shunted aside by the more...
Throughout his career, Mathias, 64, often behaved as though the Senate were his avocation rather than his vocation. He seemed to serve neither Republican nor Democratic interests but the private party of his own views, establishing a consistent history of supporting civil rights, voting rights and arms control. He was...
Mathias' family had been active Maryland Republicans since before the Civil War, so it was natural for the former city prosecutor from Frederick to run for the House in 1960. He served four terms before running for the Senate in 1968 and squeaking into office in a state where Democrats...
Mathias was most effective on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he fought off efforts to tinker with the Constitution through amendments to permit school prayer, outlaw abortion and require a balanced budget. He paid for his positions when Republicans won control of the Senate in 1980: conservatives persuaded Strom Thurmond...