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β | + | Barry Goldwater served as Senator from Arizona twice, from 1953 to 1965, then from 1969 to 1987. He probably would have held his seat uninterrupted if not for the fact that in 1964, he decided to run for President against Lyndon B. Johnson and stepped down from his Senate position to do so. | |
β | Barry Goldwater served as Senator from Arizona twice, from 1953 to 1965, then from 1969 to 1987. He probably would have held his seat uninterrupted if not for the fact that in 1964, he decided to run for President against | ||
He was succeeded in his Senate seat by John McCain, who is mentioned by name by Reagan in his '[[A City Upon a Hill]]' speech due to McCain's release from a POW prison of Vietnam. | He was succeeded in his Senate seat by John McCain, who is mentioned by name by Reagan in his '[[A City Upon a Hill]]' speech due to McCain's release from a POW prison of Vietnam. |