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{{Infobox Senator | name=Ted Stevens
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| nationality=american
| image name=Ted Stevens 109th pictorial photo.jpg
| jr/sr=Senior U.S. Senator
| state=Alaska
| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| term=1968–Present
| preceded=[[Bob Bartlett]]
| succeeded=Incumbent (2009)
| date of birth=[[November 18]], [[1923]]
| place of birth=[[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]
| dead=alive
| date of death=
| place of death=
| law school=[[Harvard University]], 1950
| spouse=(1) Ann Cherrington, deceased<br />(2) Catherine Ann Chandler
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
}}
'''Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens''' (born [[November 18]] [[1923]]) is the senior [[United States]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Alaska]]. As the longest serving [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] in the Senate, Stevens served as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007. Stevens served as chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]] from 1997 to 2005 except for the 18-month interlude when Democrats controlled the chamber. The chairmanship gave Stevens considerable influence among fellow Senators, who relied on him for home-state project funds.
Due to Republican Party rules that limit committee chairmanships to six years, Stevens gave up the Appropriations gavel at the start of the [[109th Congress]]. He chaired the [[United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation]] for the 109th Congress and is currently the ranking member on the committee.
Stevens has had a six-decade-long career of public service, beginning with his service in World War II. Later, in the 1950s, he held senior positions in the Eisenhower Interior and Justice departments. He has served continuously in the Senate since 1968.
Stevens served as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President ''pro tempore'']] until [[January 4]], [[2007]], when the 110th Congress convened and Democrats took control of the chamber. He was replaced by [[Robert Byrd]].
==Early life==
Ted Stevens was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], in 1923. During [[World War II]], he was an [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] [[C-47 Skytrain|C-47]] pilot in the [[China Burma India Theater of World War II|China-Burma-India theater]] with the "[[Flying Tigers]]" of the [[Fourteenth Air Force]] from 1943 to 1946, holding the rank of [[First Lieutenant]]. There he received two [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Crosses]] and two [[Air Medal]]s, as well as the Yuan Hai medal awarded by the [[Republic of China]].
After the war ended, Stevens attended [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], where he was a member of [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]], and [[Harvard Law School]]. In the early 1950s he moved to Alaska, then a [[incorporated territory|territory]].
In [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]], Stevens practiced law, and he was appointed U.S. Attorney for Fairbanks in 1953.
==Political career==
===Department of the Interior===
In 1956, Stevens was transferred to [[Washington, D.C.]], where he worked as legislative counsel and assistant to [[United States Department of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] [[Fred Andrew Seaton|Fred Seaton]]. He also pushed for the statehood of Alaska and [[Hawaii]], which occurred in 1959. In 1960, then-[[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] promoted Stevens to solicitor of the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]].
===Alaska House of Representatives===
After returning to Alaska, Stevens practiced law in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]. He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1964, and became House majority leader in his second term.
===United States Senate===
In December 1968, [[Governor of Alaska|Governor]] [[Walter Joseph Hickel]] appointed Stevens to the U.S. Senate after the death of Democrat [[Bob Bartlett]]<ref>Official biography [http://stevens.senate.gov/about.cfm]</ref>. In [[U.S. Senate election, 1970|1970]], Stevens was elected to finish the term in a special election, and has been reelected six times since, in [[U.S. Senate election, 1972|1972]], [[U.S. Senate election, 1978|1978]], [[U.S. Senate election, 1984|1984]], [[U.S. Senate election, 1990|1990]], [[U.S. Senate election, 1996|1996]] and [[U.S. Senate election, 2002|2002]]. His current term will expire in 2009.
Stevens served as the Assistant Republican [[Whip (politics)|Whip]] from 1977 to 1985. In 1994, Stevens was appointed Chairman of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration|Senate Rules Committee]]. Stevens became the Senate's president pro tempore when Republicans regained control of the chamber as a result of the 2002 mid-term elections, during which the previous longest-serving republican senator and former president pro tempore [[Strom Thurmond]] retired. He is a former [[Chairman]] of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs|Senate Governmental Affairs Committee]] and the powerful [[U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]]. In the past, Stevens also has served as Chairman of the [[U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics|Senate Ethics Committee]], the Arms Control Observer Group, and the Joint Committee on the [[Library of Congress]].
His campaign [[political action committee]] is called the "Northern Lights PAC."
==Issues==
===Abortion===
According to Ontheissues.org<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Ted_Stevens_Abortion.htm</ref> and NARAL<ref>http://www.naral.org/choice-action-center/in-congress/congressional-record-on-choice/state.html?state=AK</ref>, Ted Stevens has a voting record that indicates a [[pro-life]] perspective, despite some notable [[pro-choice]] votes<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00048</ref>. However, as a member of the [[Republican Main Street Partnership]], Stevens supports [[human embryonic stem cell]] research.
==Criticism==
{{main|Criticism of Ted Stevens}}
Ted Stevens has taken criticism for a wide variety of positions and actions taken in the Senate. This includes placing a secret hold on a bill that would allow easier accountability and research of all federal funding measures, describing the Internet as a "[[series of tubes]]" when taking a strong alliance with the telecommunications industry against [[network neutrality]]<ref>http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1779</ref>, and supporting perceived [[pork barrel]] projects such as the [[Gravina Island Bridge]] (known as the "Bridge to Nowhere" to its opponents) and the [[Knik Arm Bridge]]. He threatened to resign from the Senate if the federal [[earmark]] for the Alaskan bridges was sent to help repair [[Louisiana]] in the wake of [[Hurricane Katrina]] damage.
Additionally, he received criticism for introducing a bill <ref>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.00049:</ref> in January 2007 that would heavily restrict access to social networking sites from public schools and libraries. Sites falling under the language of this bill could include [[MySpace]], [[Facebook]], [[Digg]], and [[Reddit]]. Despite initial concerns, the bill would probably not affect [[Wikipedia]]. <ref>http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4598</ref><ref>http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/02/fear_and_loathi.html</ref><ref>http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/02/15/dopa-jr-is-not-a-wikipedia-ban</ref>
==Family==
In December 1978, Stevens survived the crash of a [[Lear Jet]] at what would later be named the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which killed five people, including his first wife, Ann.
Stevens' son, [[Ben Stevens]], was appointed to the [[Alaska Senate]] in 2001 by Democratic Governor [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]], and was the Senate President until the fall of 2006.
Aside from Ben, Stevens and his first wife Ann had two daughters, Susan and Beth, and two sons, Walter and Ted. He and his second wife Catherine have a daughter, Lily.
Stevens' current home in Alaska is in [[Girdwood, Alaska|Girdwood]].
==Recognition==
[[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]] in Anchorage is named after him.
When he is discussing issues that are especially important to him (such as opening up the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] to oil drilling), he wears a necktie with [[Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk]] on it to show his seriousness.<ref>http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/v-printer/story/7303381p-7215164c.html</ref> [[Marvel Comics]] responded by sending him free Hulk paraphernalia and throwing a Hulk party for the Senator. <ref>http://alaskalegislature.com/stories/062203/stevens.shtml</ref>
Stevens is the focus of the Ted Stevens Foundation, a charity established to "assist in educating and informing the public about the career of Senator Ted Stevens." Tim McKeever, chairman of the Foundation and is a lobbyist who was treasurer of Stevens' campaign, has said that the charity is "nonpartisan and nonpolitical." <ref>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/05/07/limits_urged_on_political_charities/?page=2</ref>
In May 2006, the [[Senate Majority Project]], a partisan political organization, nominated Stevens as "Drama Queen of the US Senate" for his entertaining tactics. <ref>http://www.senatemajority.com/node/289</ref>
November 18, 2003, the senator's 80th birthday, was declared [[Senator Ted Stevens Appreciation Day]] by Alaska's [[Governor]], [[Frank H. Murkowski]]. <ref>http://gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=652&type=6</ref>
Stevens delivered a eulogy of [[Gerald R. Ford]] at the 38th President's funeral ceremony on [[December 30]], [[2006]].
He is also famous for delivering the now-infamous "[[Series of Tubes]]" speech.
==Contact Information==
*Senate Office Contact Info:
*522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
*Washington, DC 20510
*Ph: (202) 224-3004
*Fax:(202) 224-2354 FAX
*[http://stevens.senate.gov/contact.cfm Web Contact Form(to send him an internets)]
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://stevens.senate.gov/ United States Senator Ted Stevens] '''official site'''
*{{Congbio|S000888}}
*[http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/S2AK00010 Federal Election Commission - Theodore F (Ted) Stevens] campaign finance reports and data
*[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/ted_stevens/index.html New York Times - Ted Stevens News] collected news and commentary
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Ted_Stevens.htm On the Issues - Ted Stevens] issue positions and quotes
*[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?CID=N00007997 OpenSecrets.org - Ted Stevens] campaign contributions
*[http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0040103 Project Vote Smart - Senator Ted Stevens (AK)] profile
*[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ted_Stevens SourceWatch Congresspedia - Ted Stevens] profile
*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/S000888/ Washington Post - Congress Votes Database: Ted Stevens] voting record
*[http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/aiawlcm.html Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]
*[http://media.publicknowledge.org/stevens-on-nn.mp3 Audio recording of Ted Stevens expressing his views on net neutrality]
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