Bob Packwood

Bob Packwood
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
In office
January 3, 1995 – October 1, 1995
Preceded byDaniel Patrick Moynihan
Succeeded byWilliam Roth
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
Preceded byBob Dole
Succeeded byLloyd Bentsen
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee
In office
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1985
Preceded byHoward Cannon
Succeeded byJohn Danforth
United States Senator
from Oregon
In office
January 3, 1969 – October 1, 1995
Preceded byWayne Morse
Succeeded byRon Wyden
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 6th district
In office
January 14, 1963 – January 3, 1969
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
Personal details
Born
Robert William Packwood

(1932-09-11) September 11, 1932 (age 92)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Georgie Oberteuffer
(m. 1964; div. 1991)

Elaine Franklin
(m. 1998)
Children2
EducationWillamette University (BA)
New York University (JD)

Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and assault of women emerged.

Since the death of Bob Dole in December 2021, Packwood is one of the last two living former U.S. senators who assumed office in the 1960s, alongside Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma.[1]

  1. ^ "U.S. Senate: Living Former Senators (By State)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved September 8, 2024.