1956-1959:
Major events in the timeline of Arlen Specter
1964:
1951:
1959:
1991:
Wins Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat and joins new Republican majority in the chamber.
Helps defeat President Ronald Reagan's Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork.
January 2, 2011:
Specter loses Senate Democratic Party primary.
Elected to second term in Senate.
Serves on the Warren Commission, which concludes that a single bullet from a lone assassin killed President John F. Kennedy.
1995:
May 18, 2010:
1930:
1976:
Aggressively questions Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearing.
1934:
1965:
Runs successfully on Republican ticket for Philadelphia district attorney even though he was a Democrat.
1951 1953:
Senate term officially ends.
2005:
Senator Specter passes away.
1980:
Loses GOP gubernatorial primary.
U.S. Air Force, serves as second lieutenant, Office of Special Investigations.
2004:
1956:
Graduates Yale Law School
1998:
Graduates University of Pennsylvania with degree in International Relations
December 22, 2010:
Loses election for Philadelphia mayor.
Begins two-year term as chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee.
Named deputy sheriff of Sedgewick County, documented in “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” as youngest deputy sheriff in United States history.
February 2009:
Born in Wichita, Kansas, to Harry and Lillian Specter. Raised in Russell, Kansas.
1987:
Elected to second term as district attorney.
Announces candidacy for president. Suspends campaign later that year amid fundraising difficulties.
Loses GOP Senate primary.
1978:
1967:
April 28, 2009:
1953:
1986:
1992:
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