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  •  Let's see, the following states have 2 Senators (1+ / 0-)

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    davybaby

    from that time still living:

    AK: Gravel and Stevens
    KS: Dole and Jim Pearson
    LA*: Elaine Edwards (who took over when Russell Long died that year) and Bennett Johnston
    IL: Charles Percy and Adlai Stevenson
    MA: Kennedy and Edward Brooke
    OK: Henry Bellmon and Fred Harris
    OR: Mark Hatfield and Bob Packwood
    TN: Bill Brock and Howard Baker

    And the following states still have one living Senator:

    CA: John Tunney
    CT: Lowell Weicker
    GA: David Gambrell (who took over after Richard Russell died)
    HI: Dan Inouye
    IN: Birch Bayh
    KY: Marlow Cook
    MD: Charles Mathias
    MI: Bob Griffin
    MN: Walter Mondale
    NY: James L. Buckley
    OH: William Saxbe
    PA: Richard Schweiker
    RI: Claiborne Pell
    SC: Fritz Hollings
    SD: George McGovern
    VA: Harry Byrd
    WV: Robert Byrd

    Wow, that means 33 are still alive.

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