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Person.png Paul Wellstone  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
BornPaul David Wellstone
1944-07-21
Washington DC
Died2002-10-25 (Age 58)
Eveleth, Minnesota
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ReligionJudaism
Children • David Wellstone Mark Wellstone
• Marcia Wellstone
SpouseSheila Wellstone
Member ofPhi Beta Kappa
Victim ofpremature death
Interest ofMel Carnahan
PartyDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
SubpagePaul Wellstone/Assassination
An outspoken critic of the Iraq War.

Employment.png United States Senator from Minnesota

In office
January 3, 1991 - October 25, 2002

Death

Full article: Paul Wellstone/Assassination

On October 25, 2002, Wellstone, along with seven others, died in an airplane crash in northern Minnesota, at 10:22 a.m. He is fairly widely regarded as a victim of a politically motivated assassination.[1]

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