![]() 15, 2001.ĭuring his legislative career, Tom Daschle was a strong advocate for veterans, leading a lengthy fight to win compensation for veterans who were victims of cancer related to Agent Orange exposure. 11, 2001 and the anthrax attack on his office on Oct. Daschle also led the Senate in response to the attacks of Sept. ![]() As the Democratic Party Leader, he co-managed the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton, only the second impeachment trial in United States history. Senator Daschle is one of the longest serving Senate Democratic Leaders in history and the only one to serve twice as both Majority and Minority Leader. After the 2002 election, Daschle again became Minority Leader for the 108th Congress until his defeat in the 2004 election. In May of 2001, Republican Senator Jim Jeffords became an Independent, which gave the Democrats a majority in the chamber to make Senator Daschle Majority Leader once again, from JJan. Vice-President Al Gore acted as ex officio President of the Senate to give the Democrats a majority.ĭaschle and Trent Lott, the Republican Leader, negotiated for five weeks to invent new rules to share power in an evenly-divided Congress and finally came up with an agreement that was passed unanimously by the Senate. Daschle became Majority Leader for 17 days, from January 3-20, because the new congress took office before a new presidential administration. Senator Daschle served as Minority Leader from 1994-2001, when the Senate became deadlocked with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans for the first time in the Senate's history. Johnson had served fewer years in the Senate before being elected to the Leader position. When Senator Mitchell retired in 1994, Daschle ran for the post of Democratic Minority Leader and won, 24-23, over Senator Christopher Dodd. In 1988, Tom Daschle became the first South Dakotan ever to hold a Senate Leadership position when he was named the first ever co-chair of the Democratic Policy Committee by then Senate Majority Leader George J. Tom Daschle lost the 2004 election to John Thune by 4,534 votes, a 49% to 51% margin. In the 1986 election, Daschle became South Dakota's junior senator by winning 52 percent of the vote in a tight race with Republican Senator James Abdnor. He easily won a fourth term in Congress in the 1984 election. Daschle won narrowly with 52 percent of the vote. South Dakota lost one of its two House seats after the 1980 census, which meant that Tom Daschle and Republican Congressman Clint Roberts would run against each other for the lone House seat in the 1982 election. In November 1980, Daschle won a resounding re-election victory with a 66% to 34% margin. Daschle's door-to-door campaign resulted in a narrow win of 14 votes over Thorsness, although a recount nudged up his margin of victory to 139 votes. In 1978, Tom Daschle ran against Republican Leo Thorsness for the seat in the House of Representatives vacated by Congressman Larry Pressler. The Political Party files consists mainly of information concerning political-related records, such as congressional travel, events, recognition, memoranda, speeches and writings. Congress, including the Senate Finance Committee, the Democratic Policy Committee, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the Veterans and Indian Affairs Committees and the Finance and Ethics Committee. He was a member of many committees during his tenure in the U.S. Senator Daschle quickly rose to leadership roles within Congress, becoming the Senate Democratic leader in 1994 and serving in that position until his defeat in 2004, thus becoming the second longest serving Senate leader in party history. He was reelected twice to the Senate before being defeated in 2004. After he was discharged from the service, Daschle worked as a staff assistant to South Dakota Senator James Abourezk from 1972-1977. He worked part-time for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign during the time that he was stationed at Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. ![]() Historical NoteĪfter college, Daschle worked for three years as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Included are pre-congressional materials, campaign records, legislative records, correspondence, political records, media files and files saved for their intrinsic value. The Personal Papers are composed of materials Daschle separated from the rest of the collection which were of personal interest to him. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only. ![]() This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. Daschle Papers: Personal Papers CreatorĦ6.0 linear feet – 66 records center boxes, moving image materials, electronic records, photographs Language Download Finding Aid Collection Summary Identifier ![]()
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