What is Paul Sarbanes?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Paul Sarbanes |image = Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg |office1 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Senate Banking Committee]] |term_start1 = June 6, 2001 |term_end1 = January 3, 2003 |predecessor1 = [[Phil Gramm]] |successor1 = [[Richard Shelby]] |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Maryland]] |term_start = January 3, 1977 |term_end = January 3, 2007 |predecessor = [[John Glenn Beall Jr.]] |successor = [[Ben Cardin]] |state2 = [[Maryland]] |district2 = {{ushr|MD|3|3rd}} |term_start2 = January 3, 1973 |term_end2 = January 3, 1977 |predecessor2 = [[Edward Garmatz]] |successor2 = [[Barbara Mikulski]] |state3 = [[Maryland]] |district3 = {{ushr|MD|4|4th}} |term_start3 = January 3, 1971 |term_end3 = January 3, 1973 |predecessor3 = [[George Hyde Fallon]] |successor3 = [[Marjorie Holt]] |birth_name = Paul Spyros Sarbanes |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|2|3}} |birth_place = [[Salisbury, Maryland]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|6|1933|2|3}} |death_place = [[Baltimore]], Maryland, U.S. |death_cause = [[Heart failure]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Christine Dunbar |children = 3 (including [[John Sarbanes|John]]) |education = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Balliol College, Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) }} '''Paul Spyros Sarbanes''' (February 3, 1933 &ndash; December 6, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] politician and attorney. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1971 to 1977 and as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from 1977 to 2007 representing [[Maryland]].<ref name=mdmanual>{{cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/39fed/05us