Bob Packwood
American politician (1932–2026)
Robert William Packwood (September 11, 1932 – June 6, 2026) was an American lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing the 6th district from 1963 to 1969 and 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. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early life and career
Robert William Packwood was born in Portland, Oregon, on September 11, 1932, to Frederick William Packwood and Gladys Taft. He attended California Institute of Technology before graduating from Willamette University, where one of his professors was future U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, in 1954. He received the Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship to New York University School of Law and graduated in 1957. In 1964, he married Georgie Ann Oberteuffer, with whom he would adopt two children.
Packwood was the great-grandson of William Packwood, the youngest member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention of 1857. Packwood had his great-grandfather's political bent from his early years. During his undergraduate years, he participated in Young Republican activities and worked on political campaigns, including later Governor of Oregon and U.S. Senate member Mark Hatfield's first run for the Oregon House of Representatives.
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