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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Coverdell_-_R-GA.jpeg/220px-Paul_Coverdell_-_R-GA.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Coverdell_-_R-GA.jpeg/330px-Paul_Coverdell_-_R-GA.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Coverdell_-_R-GA.jpeg/440px-Paul_Coverdell_-_R-GA.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="1540" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 1998</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/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</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 3, 1993 – July 18, 2000</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/Wyche_Fowler" title="Wyche Fowler">Wyche Fowler</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/Zell_Miller" title="Zell Miller">Zell Miller</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;">11th <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Director of the Peace Corps</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 2, 1989 – September 4, 1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</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/Loret_Miller_Ruppe" title="Loret Miller Ruppe">Loret Miller Ruppe</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/Elaine_Chao" title="Elaine Chao">Elaine Chao</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/Georgia_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Senate">Georgia Senate</a></span><br />from the 40th 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 8, 1973 – May 2, 1989</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/E._Earl_Patton" title="E. Earl Patton">E. Earl Patton</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/Michael_J._Egan" title="Michael J. Egan">Michael J. Egan</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/Georgia_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Senate">Georgia Senate</a></span><br />from the 56th 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 11, 1971 – January 8, 1973</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">Jack Hardy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Tom Moore</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">Paul Douglas Coverdell</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-01-20</span>)</span>January 20, 1939<br /><a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 18, 2000<span style="display:none">(2000-07-18)</span> (aged 61)<br /><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</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;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Nancy Nally Coverdell</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1967)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a></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/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></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"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1962–1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul Douglas Coverdell</b> (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States senator">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> from 1993 until his death in 2000. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he previously served as the director of the <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> from 1989 to 1991 under President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coverdell was born in <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines, Iowa</a> in 1939<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lived much of his childhood in the Midwest.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell graduated from <a href="/wiki/Lee%27s_Summit_High_School" title="Lee's Summit High School">Lee's Summit High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lees_Summit,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Lees Summit, Missouri">Lees Summit, Missouri</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> and went on to graduate from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a> in 1961 with a degree in journalism.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in college, Coverdell was a member of <a href="/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Psi" title="Phi Kappa Psi">Phi Kappa Psi</a> fraternity.<sup id="cite_ref-gc1985p69_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gc1985p69-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coverdell joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> in 1962 and served as a captain in Okinawa, Taiwan, and Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After completing his service Coverdell settled in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a> with his wife, Nancy. Coverdell began a career in <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">insurance</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founding the firm Coverdell & Co. Inc. with his father and becoming president of the family business in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Georgia_State_Senator_(1970–1989)"><span id="Georgia_State_Senator_.281970.E2.80.931989.29"></span>Georgia State Senator (1970–1989)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Georgia State Senator (1970–1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coverdell was unsuccessful in his first attempt to win election to the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">state senate</a> in 1968 but he ran again and won in 1970<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> representing north <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Georgia" title="Fulton County, Georgia">Fulton County</a>. Coverdell began serving as Senate Minority Leader in 1974, a position he held until he left the Georgia Senate in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell worked with Democrats to accomplish his goals. <a href="/wiki/Roy_Barnes" title="Roy Barnes">Roy Barnes</a>, a Democrat who would later be elected Governor of Georgia, said that when he joined the Georgia State Senate, Republican Coverdell took him under his political wing.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "He showed that people of different parties could discuss their personal strengths and weaknesses," Barnes said.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I never worried that Paul would disclose anything I said."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Coverdell's time as minority leader he worked for pension reform, supported <a href="/wiki/DUI" class="mw-redirect" title="DUI">DUI</a> legislation, and raising the legal drinking age in Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977 Coverdell lost a <a href="/wiki/Special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Special election">special election</a> for Andrew Young's congressional seat to <a href="/wiki/Wyche_Fowler" title="Wyche Fowler">Wyche Fowler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gagop_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gagop-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Coverdell's loss in 1977, he began working to develop a base for national Republican candidates and a viable statewide Republican Party organization.<sup id="cite_ref-nge_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985 Coverdell was elected Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Republican_Party" title="Georgia Republican Party">Georgia GOP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gagop_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gagop-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, Coverdell was vacationing in <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> and decided to look up former chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a> <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell found Bush's address in a phone book, went to his home, knocked on the door and introduced himself to the future president.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bush and Coverdell became close friends and over the next fourteen years Bush and Coverdell would help each other on a number of occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, Coverdell was finance chairman in Georgia when Bush first ran for the Republican nomination for president.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1988, Coverdell was the Southern steering committee chairman for the Bush campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell's efforts paid off in 1988 when Bush carried Georgia's twelve electoral votes.<sup id="cite_ref-nge_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Bush was elected president, Coverdell sent a letter.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "If I can help, I'd like to help," Coverdell wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bush appointed Coverdell to head the Peace Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peace_Corps_Director_(1989–1991)"><span id="Peace_Corps_Director_.281989.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Peace Corps Director (1989–1991)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Peace Corps Director (1989–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coverdell was sworn in as Director of the Peace Corps on May 2, 1989, in a ceremony in the Oval Office.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time Coverdell stepped down from the Georgia State Senate, a post he had held for 15 years and resigned as president of Coverdell and Co. Inc to devote his time to the Peace Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell's primary initiative as Peace Corps Director was the creation of the "World Wise Schools" program.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program linked students in the United States with Peace Corps volunteers serving around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the time Coverdell was in office, the World Wise Schools program connected volunteers with 5,000 classrooms in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell was well regarded among the Peace Corps community. In the fall of 2000, after his death, a tribute was held in his honor at the <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> Headquarters to honor his life and legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peace_Corps_enters_Eastern_Europe">Peace Corps enters Eastern Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Peace Corps enters Eastern Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coverdell sent the first Peace Corps volunteers to Eastern Europe after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLEasterneurope_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLEasterneurope-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 15, 1990, President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> hosted a send off for volunteers headed for <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLEasterneurope_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLEasterneurope-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The key you carry with you will be the English language—what Paul calls the language of commerce and understanding. And just as national literacy has long been the key to power, so today English literacy has become the key to progress. Like your liberty, your language came to you as a birthright and a credit to the dreams and sacrifices of those who came before. And today you're investing that birthright in the ancient dreams and the new ideas of faraway peoples and their own nations reborn. Your investment is America's investment in the consolidation of democracy and independence in Central and Eastern Europe. Peace Corps programs in Poland and Hungary, and then soon in Czechoslovakia, are another tangible element of America's sustained commitment to Central and Eastern Europe's democratic transformation toward a <a href="/wiki/Europe_whole_and_free" class="mw-redirect" title="Europe whole and free">Europe whole and free</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLEasterneurope_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLEasterneurope-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coverdell's_support_for_the_Peace_Corps"><span id="Coverdell.27s_support_for_the_Peace_Corps"></span>Coverdell's support for the Peace Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coverdell's support for the Peace Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Coverdell was elected to the Senate he continued his support for the Peace Corps and supported legislation to expand it.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPeacecorpssupport_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPeacecorpssupport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In testimony before the International Relations Committee in the House of Representatives on March 18, 1998, Coverdell testified in support of expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPeacecorpssupport_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPeacecorpssupport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I want to point out that the goal of increasing the number of Peace Corps volunteers spans three Presidencies. Under the distinguished leadership of former Director, the late Director Ruppe, the concept of moving toward 10,000 American volunteers throughout the world began to be articulated by the Reagan Administration. During my directorship we continued the pursuit of expanding the volunteer corps. We were there at a rather unique moment in world history, and the emphasis necessarily began to shift to responding to a host of nations experiencing freedom for the first time in nearly half a century, many more years, and so the emphasis began to move toward the opening, as the chairman alluded to, of new country programs. These new countries can be the beneficiary of our activities if we pursue expanding the volunteer corps."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLPeacecorpssupport_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLPeacecorpssupport-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy_over_trips_to_Georgia">Controversy over trips to Georgia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Controversy over trips to Georgia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meanwhile, Coverdell had his eye on the Senate seat held by Wyche Fowler, the man who defeated him in the special election for Congress in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLCoverdellresigns_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLCoverdellresigns-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> reported on September 4, 1991, that Coverdell had resigned as director of the Peace Corps and was considering a run for the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLCoverdellresigns_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLCoverdellresigns-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is some controversy over Coverdell's use of the office of Peace Corps Director and his subsequent run for the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLProspects_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLProspects-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The New York Times reported on September 27, 1992, that Coverdell's tenure as head of the Peace Corps was likely to be one of the issues in the 1992 Senate race in Georgia and that Coverdell had been "accused of using the office to plot his political future in Georgia."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLProspects_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLProspects-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a>, who came to Georgia to campaign on Coverdell's behalf in the Senate election, wrote for the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i> in 1992: "He served (as Peace Corps director) effectively, but it hardly seemed an ideal launching pad for national elective office."<sup id="cite_ref-march_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-march-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, the Georgia trips issue returned to the news when some senators proposed renaming the Peace Corps building after Coverdell.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1992_U.S._Senate_election">1992 U.S. Senate election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1992 U.S. Senate election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" title="1992 United States Senate election in Georgia">1992 United States Senate election in Georgia</a></div> <p>In 1992, Coverdell faced an uphill fight to win a U.S. Senate seat and had to campaign in four separate elections (all-candidate primary, primary runoff, all-party general, and general runoff).<sup id="cite_ref-nge_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell was not a natural campaigner.<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator <a href="/wiki/Phil_Gramm" title="Phil Gramm">Phil Gramm</a>, then chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he was appalled the first time he saw Coverdell speak.<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Paul got up and spoke in that squeaky voice and he sort of had a way of jumping up and down when he was speaking and waving his hands," Gramm said.<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "But little did I know ... that this man had the heart of a lion."<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Facing four other candidates in the Republican <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-march_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-march-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell failed to win 50% of the vote and was forced into a <a href="/wiki/Runoff_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Runoff election">runoff</a> against <a href="/wiki/Bob_Barr" title="Bob Barr">Bob Barr</a> that he won by only 1,600 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-nge_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The general election also proved difficult. Democratic incumbent <a href="/wiki/Wyche_Fowler" title="Wyche Fowler">Wyche Fowler</a> beat Coverdell by 30,000 votes on election day, but because the Libertarian candidate, Jim Hudson, had won 3 percent of the vote<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> another runoff election was required.<sup id="cite_ref-march_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-march-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 24, Coverdell won the runoff by slightly over 16,000 votes, aided by an endorsement from Hudson, who was no longer in the race;<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> he became only the second Republican Georgia sent to the Senate since Reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-march_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-march-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Bush showed his support for Coverdell and Barbara Bush campaigned for Coverdell during the Senate race.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coverdell was also aided by a memorable ad campaign, highlighted by the "Jingle" television and radio spots featuring a ditty written and sung by senior citizen Margie Lopp.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Senator_(1993–2000)"><span id="United_States_Senator_.281993.E2.80.932000.29"></span>United States Senator (1993–2000)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: United States Senator (1993–2000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_in_the_Senate">Service in the Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Service in the Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coverdell served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Agriculture Committee, and Small Business Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-nge_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a> on October 24, 1999, a seat opened up on the Senate Finance Committee and Coverdell relinquished his seat on the Foreign Relations Committee to fill the seat.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell sponsored legislation used by millions of Americans to fund college educations for their children<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> originally called Education IRAs but now known as <a href="/wiki/Coverdell_Education_Savings_Account" class="mw-redirect" title="Coverdell Education Savings Account">Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (CESAs)</a> or Coverdell Plans for short.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell ESAs allow money to grow tax deferred and proceeds to be withdrawn tax free for qualified education expenses at a qualified institution. </p><p>Coverdell sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Protection_Act" title="Volunteer Protection Act">Volunteer Protection Act</a>, a complex law that, in general, protects volunteers who serve nonprofit organizations and governmental entities from legal liability for <a href="/wiki/Tort" title="Tort">tort</a> claims based on simple <a href="/wiki/Negligence" title="Negligence">negligence</a>, provided that certain conditions are met.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However critics of the law say that providing immunity to a volunteer who has injured someone as a consequence of his carelessness clashes with the charitable goal of helping others, that nonprofits should be held to the same standard of care as for-profit organizations, and that the Act would not be necessary at all if nonprofits carried adequate general liability insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverdell also worked against tax increases, to protect federal lands in national parks, and for humanitarian concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-nge_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nge-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Coverdell, running with the slogan "Coverdell Works," made history by becoming the first Republican from Georgia ever to be re-elected to the U.S. Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999 before an exploratory committee was formed, Coverdell took on the job of liaison between then Governor <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s campaign and the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in the campaign, Coverdell's job was to line up Republican senators to endorse Governor Bush instead of Senator <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> and he succeeded in getting the endorsement of almost every Senate Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Bush locked up the nomination, Coverdell dealt with requests from senators who wanted to talk to Bush.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We don't want black holes," Coverdell said.<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "We want people feeling they are part of the effort. We want to create good will."<sup id="cite_ref-PCOLLiason_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCOLLiason-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On a trip to Georgia for a weekend of speaking engagements and constituency services, Coverdell complained of a severe headache.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diagnosed with a cerebral hemorrhage, Coverdell underwent surgery at <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Piedmont Hospital">Piedmont Hospital</a> in Atlanta on July 17, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He never regained consciousness and died early in the evening of July 18, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 50 senators and representatives from both parties joined 900 other mourners at Coverdell's funeral at the Peachtree United Methodist Church in Atlanta. Texas governor George W. Bush took time from the 2000 presidential campaign to attend the services with his wife Laura. President Clinton also released a statement expressing his condolences to the Coverdell family.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BCStatement_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BCStatement-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former president <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>, a close friend of Coverdell, did not attend, but a family friend read his tribute.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bush wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He loved politics and was a clear example of politics being a noble calling. He leaves behind a legacy that quiet is good, caring about the other guy matters.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honors">Legacy and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Coverdell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Legacy and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coverdell was often described as a quiet, soft-spoken man, but he left profound marks on the governments of both the state of Georgia and the nation in a relatively brief period of time through the <a href="/wiki/Coverdell_Education_Savings_Account" class="mw-redirect" title="Coverdell Education Savings Account">Coverdell Education Savings Accounts</a>, which are used by millions of Americans to fund college educations for their children, and the establishment of a strong <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Republican_Party" title="Georgia Republican Party">Republican Party in Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coverdell left a legacy of civility in government.<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Political columnist <a href="/wiki/David_Broder" class="mw-redirect" title="David Broder">David Broder</a> wrote that Coverdell's "name rarely appeared in the headlines, and his face was not seen on magazine covers or the Sunday TV shows" but that he was admired and cherished by his colleagues.<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Democratic senator <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a> remembered that "(Coverdell) was not only a good senator, he was a good and decent man ... a very nice man."<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator <a href="/wiki/Olympia_Snowe" title="Olympia Snowe">Olympia Snowe</a> said "People like Paul Coverdell exist in the world — good, honorable, trustworthy people who call us to our better nature."<sup id="cite_ref-Broder_16-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broder-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> honored Coverdell at the inauguration of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a>'s Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences on April 6, 2006: "In the Washington world of bitter partisanship, Paul was the voice of reason."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> said: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Paul Coverdell was a man of unusual abilities and striking character. He spoke with candor when others might hide the unpleasant truth. He was wise and reasonable in a city that often lacks both virtues. He was a man of principle who understood our political system's essential need for compromise. He was respected by both allies and adversaries.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Coverdell's state Senate papers are held by <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_University" title="Georgia State University">Georgia State University</a>, while his papers from the Peace Corps and United States Senate are housed at the <a href="/wiki/Ina_Dillard_Russell" title="Ina Dillard Russell">Ina Dillard Russell</a> Library of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_College_%26_State_University" title="Georgia College & State University">Georgia College & State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Milledgeville,_Georgia" title="Milledgeville, Georgia">Milledgeville</a>, which also has a public policy institute named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Peace Corps' headquarters in Washington, D.C., was named for Coverdell.<sup id="cite_ref-PCO_4-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The World Wise School program that he started was rebranded with his name in his honor as well as the renaming of the Fellows/USA program, a graduate school benefit program for returned Peace Corps Volunteers, to bear his name.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an esteemed Director of the agency and many programs were rebranded to bear his name in recognition of the work he provided to create them. </p><p>Coverdell was also honored by the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia General Assembly</a> in 2005 with a resolution to rename the Legislative Office Building the "Paul Coverdell Legislative Office Building." The move came under some criticism as, ironically, Paul Coverdell had opposed the funding for the building while he was serving in the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Senate">Georgia Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coverdell was survived by his wife Nancy, who later became a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_elector" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential elector">presidential elector</a> in <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2000">2000</a> on the <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. 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Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences Homepage</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090118003617/http://coverdellcenter.uga.edu/">Archived</a> 2009-01-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000816205044/http://coverdell.senate.gov/index2.html">U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell official website (archived from August 16, 2000)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000816164943/http://accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/special/sentribute/index.html">Paul Coverdell: 1939-2000</a> special coverage from the <i><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Journal-Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta Journal-Constitution">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?17226">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/11152">Paul Coverdell</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></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 #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">Georgia State Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Jack Hardy</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">Georgia State Senate</a><br />from the 56th district </b><br />January 11, 1971–January 8, 1973 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Tom Moore</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">E. Earl Patton Jr.</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">Georgia State Senate</a><br />from the 40th district </b><br />January 8, 1973–May 2, 1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Michael J. Egan</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Loret_Miller_Ruppe" title="Loret Miller Ruppe">Loret Miller Ruppe</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Director of the <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> </b><br />May 2, 1989–September 4, 1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Chao" title="Elaine Chao">Elaine Chao</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/Wyche_Fowler,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Wyche Fowler, Jr.">Wyche Fowler, Jr.</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia" title="List of United States senators from Georgia"> U.S. senator (Class 3) from Georgia</a> </b><br />January 3, 1993–July 18, 2000 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Sam_Nunn" title="Sam Nunn">Sam Nunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Cleland" title="Max Cleland">Max Cleland</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zell_Miller" title="Zell Miller">Zell Miller</a></div> </td></tr> <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/Mack_Mattingly" title="Mack Mattingly">Mack Mattingly</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> 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