Frank Church
Frank Forrester Church (born July 25, 1924 in Boise , † April 7, 1984 in Bethesda ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party .
Life
Church represented Idaho in the US Senate from 1957 to 1981 .
Church became known through the so-called Church Committees , investigative committees of the Senate, the unconstitutional gathering of information and other illegal activities of the American secret and intelligence services exposed. From 1979 to 1981 he was also chairman of the influential committee for foreign policy . In the Democratic primary elections for the presidential candidacy, Church was defeated by the future President Jimmy Carter .
In the final report of the Church Committee , he concluded that "the growing abuse of the intelligence services reflects a larger, more fundamental problem in our central institutions."
Together with his former Senate colleague Hugh Scott , he founded the Center for Responsive Politics in 1983 .
Church died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 59 . The Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness reserve is named after him.
Web links
- Frank Church in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Final report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, United States Senate: together with additional, supplemental, and separate views." April 26, 1976, original quote: "the growth of intelligence abuses reflects a more general failure of our basic institutions."
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Church, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Church, Frank Forrester (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Democratic Party politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boise |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1984 |
| Place of death | Bethesda, Maryland |