 Francis R. Valeo

Francis Ralph "Frank" Valeo (January 30, 1916 – April 9, 2006) was the Secretary of the United States Senate and "ex officio" member of the Federal Election Commission.He was the defendant/appellee for the federal government of the United States in "Buckley v. Valeo", 424 U.S. 1 (1976), in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld federal limits on campaign contributions but struck down limits on campaign expenditures with a novel verdict that money equated with free speech.