Born and raised in wisconsin and came to be a professor at the University School of law when he was in his late 20s. It was a major career job. He was soon appointed dean. The youngest being in the country. Then he got involved in a lot of social and political issues. E was a labor arbitrator he negotiated settlements and agreements from the International Agreement and specific Pacific Maritime association. He was the only arbitrator that could get size to settle. They were building ships there. They needed that port. They wanted him a permanent arbitrator. He got the political bug and be selected in 1944. At that time, we were moderate republicans. He did switch parties. Himink the last rough for was when he was chosen to be Vice President and said i can only be part of this party. Disputes. Eries of he didnt have enough social justice orientation. He left the party, became independent, famously sat in the middle of the aisle between the republicans and the democrats. At that time, the senate was very evenly divided. He ultimately did become a member of the democratic party. He said i havent changed, my party changed. It looked to the right. He found a home with the democrats. They cared more about labor rights. His he was dragged kicking and screaming. Was a big proponent of infrastructure and helping development. Ofwas in favor infrastructure projects. He fell at the democrats were more he was always in that vein. The republicans shifted to the right over that time. Especially southern republicans as they became more conservative. He was ultimately very respected. He was really wellliked by a few people. He was a bit of a curmudgeon. He was a man of high principles and if you did have the same level of principles and integrity as he did, he stood his ground, he wouldnt compromise. I think at times, people were trying to move them along and became frustrated in dealing with him. In the end, i think he is so long known for his integrity. The to killing his very long and against the war. He learned about u. S. Foreignpolicy by setting of the Foreign Affairs committee and watch the u. S. And latin america where we were really not always on the right side. They would take the side of the dictator. Wasas very aware that this a tendency that they had. He studied very carefully what they would do in south vietnam. We were running and ignoringnism the fact that we were supporting a dictator. It is a very complicated story. Basically, there were shots fired at one of our patrol boat. President lyndon b. Johnson rushed through congress, a resolution in 1968. It really gave him the ability to do whatever was needed to support and protect south vietnam. It was the beginning of the escalation of the vietnam war. He believes it was not a true declaration of war. It was a needless and reckless and ultimately damaging resolution. He was correct, it led to changing our country in ways that are not completely understood and calculated. That is a major event in the history of our country and it created a lot of concern about our trust in government. He was correct. At the time, he was the fiercest critic of the and not want. At the same time, he was lbjs person in the senate who helped pass all of the Great Society education programs. The support to public education, the first ever in our country. Infrastructure development or education, the g. I. Bill, student loans, there was a huge number of Society Education programs for which he is rightly famous. They did all the negotiations. They were the experts in the process. It was a very delicate and complicated relationship. It ultimately brought down lbj during the height of the vietnam war. It was a young, media savvy person. There were some that were not in the best of health at times. One is dissent against the war. It was still going on. It was a major issue at that time. He lost this because of a combination of those things. He did try to regain his seat both in 1972 and 1974. They lost that election and then todied during the campaign try to regain his seat in 1910 before. He was such an amazing, wonderful and expert citizen on so many issues that his legacy is really quite broad and deep. That hee and believe power to the people. He questioned authority. He power to the people. He questioned authority. Was one of the first people to advocate for the civil rights bill. Those defined eugene and very important ways, all of those issues. Staff cities tour recently traveled to eugene, oregon to to learn about the rich history. Learn more about eugene and the stops on the other tour at cspan. Org cities tour. Youre