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Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011), also known as Chuck Percy, was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 until 1985, following a defeat to Paul Simon .
18 de set. de 2011 · Charles H. Percy, a former United States senator from Illinois and a moderate Republican who clashed with President Richard M. Nixon over Watergate and whose own presidential ambitions were...
17 de set. de 2011 · A moderate Republican who served in the Senate from 1966 to 1984, Percy sponsored a resolution for a special prosecutor in Watergate and opposed excessive partisanship. He was a successful businessman who ran for president in 1976 and faced a tragic family loss in his campaign.
17 de set. de 2011 · Former U.S. senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois, a dashing corporate executive whose meteoric political rise as a liberal Republican was later eclipsed by the sense that his potential went...
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17 de set. de 2011 · Charles H. Percy, a former U.S. senator from Illinois and a moderate Republican who clashed with President Nixon over Watergate and whose own presidential ambitions were stymied by Nixon’s...
19 de set. de 2011 · [WASHINGTON, DC] -- U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today paid tribute to the late Senator Charles H. Percy on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator...
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17 de set. de 2011 · A moderate Republican who served three terms in the Senate from 1966 to 1984, Percy opposed Nixon, Ford and Reagan on foreign policy and human rights issues. He also faced a tragic family loss and a narrow defeat by Paul Simon in 1984.
