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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Gaylord Nelson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaylord_Nelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Gaylord_Nelson.jpg/220px-Gaylord_Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Gaylord_Nelson.jpg/330px-Gaylord_Nelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Gaylord_Nelson.jpg/440px-Gaylord_Nelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2210" data-file-height="2867" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Nelson in 1963</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 8, 1963 – January 3, 1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wiley" title="Alexander Wiley">Alexander Wiley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kasten" title="Bob Kasten">Bob Kasten</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">35th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Governor of Wisconsin</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 5, 1959 – January 7, 1963</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philleo_Nash" title="Philleo Nash">Philleo Nash</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Warren_P._Knowles" title="Warren P. Knowles">Warren P. Knowles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">Vernon Wallace Thomson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_W._Reynolds_Jr." title="John W. Reynolds Jr.">John Reynolds</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">Wisconsin Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_26th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin's 26th State Senate district">26th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1959</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Risser_(Progressive_politician)" title="Fred Risser (Progressive politician)">Fred Risser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Horace_W._Wilkie" title="Horace W. Wilkie">Horace W. Wilkie</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Gaylord Anton Nelson</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1916-06-04</span>)</span>June 4, 1916<br /><a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Wisconsin" title="Clear Lake, Wisconsin">Clear Lake, Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 3, 2005<span style="display:none">(2005-07-03)</span> (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland">Kensington, Maryland</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Clear Lake Cemetery, <span class="nowrap">Clear Lake, Wisconsin</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Carrie Lee Dotson</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1947)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_State_University" title="San Jose State University">San Jose State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> (1995)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gaylord Anton Nelson</b> (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was an American politician from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> who served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States senator">United States senator</a> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">governor</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> and the founder of <a href="/wiki/Earth_Day" title="Earth Day">Earth Day</a>, which launched a new wave of <a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">environmental activism</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaylord_Nelson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson was born in 1916 in <a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Wisconsin" title="Clear Lake, Wisconsin">Clear Lake, Wisconsin</a>, the son of Mary (Bradt), a nurse, and Anton Nelson, a country doctor. He had Norwegian and Irish ancestry.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up and was educated in the local public schools. In 1939, he received a bachelor's in political science at what is now <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_State_University" title="San Jose State University">San Jose State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1942, he received an <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B</a>. degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_Law_School" title="University of Wisconsin Law School">University of Wisconsin Law School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was admitted to the bar. He practiced as a lawyer before serving in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, during which time he saw action in the <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Okinawa campaign">Okinawa campaign</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. He rose to the rank of first lieutenant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaylord_Nelson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaylord_Nelson_(WI).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gaylord_Nelson_%28WI%29.png/170px-Gaylord_Nelson_%28WI%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gaylord_Nelson_%28WI%29.png/255px-Gaylord_Nelson_%28WI%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Gaylord_Nelson_%28WI%29.png/340px-Gaylord_Nelson_%28WI%29.png 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>Nelson as governor</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GaylordNelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GaylordNelson.jpg/170px-GaylordNelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GaylordNelson.jpg/255px-GaylordNelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GaylordNelson.jpg/340px-GaylordNelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1309" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Nelson as U.S. Senator</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1948, Nelson was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">Wisconsin State Senate</a>. He remained there until <a href="/wiki/1958_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1958</a>, when he was elected governor of Wisconsin. He served for four years as governor, in two two-year terms, before being elected to the United States Senate in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_1962" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1962">1962</a>. He served three consecutive terms as a senator from 1963 to 1981. In 1963 he convinced <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> to take a national speaking tour to discuss conservation issues. Senator Nelson founded <a href="/wiki/Earth_Day" title="Earth Day">Earth Day</a>, which began as a teach-in about environmental issues on April 22, 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-State_Journal_obit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_Journal_obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Congressional debate on air pollution and emissions from automobiles in 1970, Nelson also sponsored an amendment to the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)" title="Clean Air Act (United States)">Clean Air Act</a> which would have phased out gasoline-powered automobiles in favor of electric or steam-powered vehicles. The bill was defeated due to lobbying from automotive manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1968">1968</a> re-election campaign, Nelson was praised by <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a>, the General Manager and former coach of the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, as the "nation's #1 conservationist" at a banquet in <a href="/wiki/Oshkosh,_Wisconsin" title="Oshkosh, Wisconsin">Oshkosh</a>. Nelson's campaign turned Lombardi's banquet speech into a radio and television campaign commercial, infuriating Lombardi, the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Republican Party">Wisconsin Republican Party</a>, and Vince's wife, Marie, who was a staunch Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although known primarily for his environmental work, Nelson also was a leading consumer advocate, strong supporter of civil rights and civil liberties, and one of the early outspoken opponents of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JS_obit_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JS_obit-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969, Nelson was one of four senators to <a href="/wiki/Hog_Island_(Wisconsin)#Senate_hearing" title="Hog Island (Wisconsin)">introduce a bill to establish the Wisconsin Islands Wilderness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-subcompublic228_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subcompublic228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, Nelson called for Congressional hearings on the safety of <a href="/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill" title="Combined oral contraceptive pill">combined oral contraceptive pills</a>, which were famously called "The <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Pill_Hearings" title="Nelson Pill Hearings">Nelson Pill Hearings</a>." As a result of the hearings, side-effect disclosure in patient inserts was required for the pill – the first such disclosure for a pharmaceutical drug.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson further attempted to overhaul how <a href="/wiki/Medication" title="Medication">pharmaceuticals</a> were marketed, proposing a bill that would require <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry" title="Pharmaceutical industry">drug manufacturers</a> to prove both the safety and efficacy of their marketed drugs in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His office received a memorandum in 1975 stating that both <a href="/wiki/Sominex" title="Sominex">Sominex</a> and its competitor <a href="/wiki/Diphenhydramine" title="Diphenhydramine">Compoz</a> had been shown ineffective when compared to <a href="/wiki/Placebo" title="Placebo">placebos</a>, in spite of the US$34 million spent on <a href="/wiki/Sleeping_aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping aid">sleeping aids</a> in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson was also a noted advocate of small business. While chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee, he led successful efforts to authorize the first modern White House Conference on Small Business, create the system of Small Business Development Centers at U.S. universities, and improve the way that federal agencies regulate small businesses and other small entities, the <a href="/wiki/Regulatory_Flexibility_Act" title="Regulatory Flexibility Act">Regulatory Flexibility Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JS_obit_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JS_obit-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, Nelson was one of the three senators who opposed the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> to be <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a>. (The other two were <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton" title="Thomas Eagleton">Thomas Eagleton</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Hathaway" title="William Hathaway">William Hathaway</a>.)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaylord_Nelson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Environmentalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Nelson's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1980">1980</a> defeat for re-election, he became counselor for <a href="/wiki/The_Wilderness_Society_(United_States)" title="The Wilderness Society (United States)">The Wilderness Society</a> in January 1981. He received the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in September 1995 in recognition of his environmental work. </p><p>Nelson was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of fame is located at the Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The visitor center is maintained by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Stevens_Point" title="University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point">University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point</a>. </p><p>Nelson viewed the stabilization of the nation's population as an important aspect of environmentalism. In his words: </p> <blockquote><p>The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become ... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the U.S. supporting it, took the position in Cairo in 1994 that every country was responsible for stabilizing its own population. It can be done. But in this country, it's phony to say "I'm for the environment but not for limiting immigration."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>He also rejected the suggestion that economic development should take precedence over environmental protection: </p> <blockquote><p>The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 2002, Nelson appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth" title="To Tell the Truth">To Tell the Truth</a></i> as a contestant, with his founding of Earth Day highlighted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaylord_Nelson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson died of <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">cardiovascular</a> failure at age 89 on July 3, 2005. </p><p>The Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies (or Nelson Institute) at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> is named after him in recognition of his love for nature.<sup id="cite_ref-Legacy_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legacy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Nelson_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaylord Nelson Wilderness">Gaylord Nelson Wilderness</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Apostle_Islands_National_Lakeshore" title="Apostle Islands National Lakeshore">Apostle Islands National Lakeshore</a> –comprising more than 80% of the land area of the park – was named after him in honor of his efforts to have the park created.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Governor_Nelson_State_Park" title="Governor Nelson State Park">Governor Nelson State Park</a> near <a href="/wiki/Waunakee,_Wisconsin" title="Waunakee, Wisconsin">Waunakee, Wisconsin</a>, is also named after him. 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The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Gaylord Nelson</i>. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0299196402" title="Special:BookSources/0299196402">0299196402</a></li> <li>Jones, Clayton R. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/35555/Jones.pdf">Gaylord Nelson, Father of Earth Day: Bridging the Gap from Conservation to Environmentalism</a>" (Senior thesis). University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2009.</li> <li>Nelson, Gaylord, Susan Campbell and Paul R Wozniak. <i>Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise</i>. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0299180409" title="Special:BookSources/0299180409">0299180409</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaylord_Nelson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nelsonearthday.net/">Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day: The Making of the Modern Environmental Movement</a> – a narrative account of the origins of Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson's political career</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01020">Gaylord Nelson papers, 1954–2006</a> held by the Wisconsin Historical Society.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?6615">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11283458">Gaylord Nelson</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressN000033" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033">"Gaylord Nelson (id: N000033)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Gaylord+Nelson+%28id%3A+N000033%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DN000033&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGaylord+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span> Retrieved on 2008-02-06</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110715083619/http://www.pikappsonline.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=21">Gaylord Nelson (Gamma Nu) – Former U.S. Senator</a> – Biography.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">William Proxmire</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Governor of Wisconsin</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1958_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1960_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1960</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_W._Reynolds_Jr." title="John W. Reynolds Jr.">John Reynolds</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Maier" title="Henry Maier">Henry Maier</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1962 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1968 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1974 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1980 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1980</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Garvey" title="Ed Garvey">Ed Garvey</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">Wisconsin Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Risser_(Progressive_politician)" title="Fred Risser (Progressive politician)">Fred Risser</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">Wisconsin Senate</a></span> <span class="nowrap">from the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_26th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin's 26th State Senate district">26th</a> district</span> </b><br />January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1959 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Horace_W._Wilkie" title="Horace W. Wilkie">Horace W. Wilkie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">Vernon Wallace Thomson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Governor of Wisconsin</a> </b><br />1959–1963 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_W._Reynolds_Jr." title="John W. Reynolds Jr.">John Reynolds</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wiley" title="Alexander Wiley">Alexander Wiley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Wisconsin">U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Wisconsin</a> </b><br />1963–1981 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">William Proxmire</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kasten" title="Bob Kasten">Bob Kasten</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bible" title="Alan Bible">Alan Bible</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Senate Small Business Committee</a> </b><br />1974–1981 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lowell_P._Weicker_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Lowell P. 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Thye">Thye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sparkman" title="John Sparkman">Sparkman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Smathers" title="George Smathers">Smathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bible" title="Alan Bible">Bible</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nelson</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the United States Senate"><img alt="Seal of the United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Full Committee<br />(1981–)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Weicker" title="Lowell Weicker">Weicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Bumpers" title="Dale Bumpers">Bumpers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">Kerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">Kerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Snowe" title="Olympia Snowe">Snowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">Kerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Cantwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">Vitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Risch" title="Jim Risch">Risch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Rubio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Cardin" title="Ben Cardin">Cardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Shaheen" title="Jeanne Shaheen">Shaheen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wisconsin&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_88th–96th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wisconsin&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_88th–96th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>'s delegation(s) to the 88th–96th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/88th_United_States_Congress" title="88th United States Congress">88th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alvin_O%27Konski" title="Alvin O'Konski">A. O'Konski</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Byrnes" title="John W. Byrnes">J. Byrnes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Van_Pelt" title="William Van Pelt">W. Van Pelt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">M. Laird</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lester_Johnson_(politician)" title="Lester Johnson (politician)">L. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Schadeberg" title="Henry C. Schadeberg">H. Schadeberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">V. Thomson</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/89th_United_States_Congress" title="89th United States Congress">89th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alvin_O%27Konski" title="Alvin O'Konski">A. O'Konski</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Byrnes" title="John W. Byrnes">J. Byrnes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">M. Laird</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robert_Davis" title="Glenn Robert Davis">G. Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">V. Thomson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Abner_Race" title="John Abner Race">J. Race</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lynn_E._Stalbaum" title="Lynn E. Stalbaum">L. Stalbaum</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/90th_United_States_Congress" title="90th United States Congress">90th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alvin_O%27Konski" title="Alvin O'Konski">A. O'Konski</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Byrnes" title="John W. Byrnes">J. Byrnes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">M. Laird</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robert_Davis" title="Glenn Robert Davis">G. Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">V. Thomson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Schadeberg" title="Henry C. Schadeberg">H. Schadeberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Steiger" title="William A. Steiger">W. Steiger</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/91st_United_States_Congress" title="91st United States Congress">91st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alvin_O%27Konski" title="Alvin O'Konski">A. O'Konski</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Byrnes" title="John W. Byrnes">J. Byrnes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird"><i>M. Laird</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robert_Davis" title="Glenn Robert Davis">G. Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">V. Thomson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Schadeberg" title="Henry C. Schadeberg">H. Schadeberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Steiger" title="William A. Steiger">W. Steiger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Obey" title="Dave Obey"><i>D. Obey</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/92nd_United_States_Congress" title="92nd United States Congress">92nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alvin_O%27Konski" title="Alvin O'Konski">A. O'Konski</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Byrnes" title="John W. Byrnes">J. Byrnes</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robert_Davis" title="Glenn Robert Davis">G. Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">V. Thomson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Steiger" title="William A. Steiger">W. Steiger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Obey" title="Dave Obey">D. Obey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Les_Aspin" title="Les Aspin">L. Aspin</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/93rd_United_States_Congress" title="93rd United States Congress">93rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Robert_Davis" title="Glenn Robert Davis">G. Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Wallace Thomson">V. Thomson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Steiger" title="William A. Steiger">W. Steiger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Obey" title="Dave Obey">D. Obey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Les_Aspin" title="Les Aspin">L. Aspin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Vernon_Froehlich" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold Vernon Froehlich">H. Froehlich</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/94th_United_States_Congress" title="94th United States Congress">94th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States senators from Wisconsin">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Proxmire" title="William Proxmire">W. Proxmire</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G. Nelson</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Wisconsin" title="List of United States representatives from Wisconsin">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clement_J._Zablocki" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement J. Zablocki">C. Zablocki</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Reuss" title="Henry S. Reuss">H. Reuss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kastenmeier" title="Robert Kastenmeier">R. Kastenmeier</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Steiger" title="William A. Steiger">W. Steiger</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Obey" title="Dave Obey">D. Obey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Les_Aspin" title="Les Aspin">L. Aspin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Baldus" title="Alvin Baldus">A. Baldus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_John_Cornell" title="Robert John Cornell">R. Cornell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kasten" title="Bob Kasten">B. 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