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    John Lester Hubbard Chafee (/ˈtʃeɪfiː/ CHAY-fee; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine...
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    Lincoln Chafee's first elected office was as a member of the Warwick City Council in 1985. After John Chafee died in 1999, Lincoln Chafee was appointed...
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    USS Chafee (DDG-90) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in United States Navy. She is named for Senator John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922–1999)...
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    Nixon Administration in February 1969. On May 4, 1972, he succeeded John H. Chafee as Secretary of the Navy. Thereafter Warner was appointed by President...
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    U.S. Senator John O. Pastore did not seek re-election. Republican John Chafee won the seat, defeating Democrat Richard P. Lorber. Chafee was the first...
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    November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Chafee won re-election to a fourth term. Chafee died of heart-failure on October 24, 1999, at Walter...
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    John Chafee had announced in 1999 that he would not seek reelection, leading his son, Lincoln Chafee, to announce his own candidacy. The elder Chafee...
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    John Chafee won re-election to a third term. Richard Licht, Lieutenant Governor and former State Senator John Chafee, U.S. Senator since 1976 Chafee defeated...
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  • Senator Chafee may refer to: George D. Chafee (1839–1927), Illinois State Senate John Chafee (1922–1999), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island from 1976 to 1999...
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  • Governor Chafee may refer to: John Chafee (1922–1999), 66th Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (born 1953), 74th Governor of Rhode Island This disambiguation...
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  • Colorado John Chafee (1922–1999), American politician and Secretary of the Navy Judith Chafee (1932–1998), American architect Lincoln Chafee (born 1953)...
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    Zechariah Chafee Jr. (December 7, 1885 – February 8, 1957) was an American judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate, described as "possibly the most...
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    The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial...
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    party candidate in the Democratic or Republican Primaries 2016. Chafee's father, John Chafee, was the senior United States senator from Rhode Island, who...
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    Republican Senator John Chafee successfully sought re-election to a second term, very narrowly defeating Democrat Julius C. Michaelson. John Chafee Julius C. Michaelson...
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    Frank Licht defeated incumbent Republican John Chafee with 51.02% of the vote. Frank Licht, Democratic John Chafee, Republican Cook, Rhodes (November 17,...
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    Representatives John Carroll (trade unionist) (active 1969–1990), Irish trade unionist and senator John Chafee (1922–1999), American politician John Chong (beekeeper)...
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    his father John Chafee. He lost to Democratic nominee, former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse by a 7-point margin. Lincoln Chafee later left...
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    Philadelphia, Scranton, and Pittsburgh cities. Moderate Republican incumbent John Chafee, seeking a fourth term, defeated Democratic state representative Linda...
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    John Orlando Pastore (March 17, 1907 – July 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States...
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    popular vote. Wecht won 39.2% of the popular vote. Incumbent Republican John Chafee successfully sought re-election to a second term, defeating Democrat...
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    conservative, heavily Democratic South), Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, John Chafee of Rhode Island and Lowell Weicker of Connecticut. Some also include...
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    U.S. general Zechariah Chafee (1885–1957), philosopher, civil libertarian John Chafee (1922–1999), U.S. senator Lincoln Chafee (born 1953), former U.S...
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    Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee. Chafee had been appointed to the Senate in 1999 when his father, the incumbent senator John Chafee died. He then won election...
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    'purchasing groups'. Advocates included prominent Republican senators such as John Chafee, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley, Bob Bennett and Kit Bond. The 1994 Republican...
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    of justice charges. Ten Republicans voted for acquittal for perjury: John Chafee (Rhode Island), Susan Collins (Maine), Slade Gorton (Washington), Jim...
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    later Secretary of the Navy, and U.S. Senator, John Chafee. On November 5, 1968, Licht beat Chafee in a close election, winning with only 51% of the...
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  • Investigation Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Rhode Island, Senator from Rhode...
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    Wofford was defeated by Republican Rick Santorum. Incumbent Republican John Chafee won re-election to a third term, beating Democratic lieutenant governor...
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    for the next 22 years. He was defeated for re-election by Republican John Chafee in the state's tightest gubernatorial race ever – a margin of under 400...
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