What is John O. Pastore?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Pastore |image = John O. Pastore.jpeg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Rhode Island]] |term_start = December 19, 1950 |term_end = December 28, 1976 |predecessor = [[Edward L. Leahy]] |successor = [[John Chafee]] |order1 = 61st [[List of Governors of Rhode Island|Governor of Rhode Island]] |lieutenant1 = [[John S. McKiernan]] |term_start1 = October 6, 1945 |term_end1 = December 19, 1950 |predecessor1 = [[J. Howard McGrath]] |successor1 = [[John S. McKiernan]] |office2 = [[List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island|Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island]] |governor2 = [[J. Howard McGrath]] |term_start2 = January 1945 |term_end2 = October 6, 1945 |predecessor2 = [[Louis Cappelli]] |successor2 = [[John S. McKiernan]] |birth_name = John Orlando Pastore |birth_date = {{birth date|1907|3|17}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Providence, Rhode Island]], [[United States|U.S.]]}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2000|7|15|1907|3|17}} |death_place = [[Cranston, Rhode Island]], [[United States|U.S.]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Elena Caito |children = 3 |education = [[Northeastern University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) }} '''John Orlando Pastore''' (March 17, 1907{{spaced ndash}}July 15, 2000) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and politician. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Pastore served as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Rhode Island]] from 1950 to 1976. He served as the 61st [[List of Governors of Rhode Island|Governor]] of Rhode Island from 1945 to 1950. He was the first [[Italian American]] to be elected as a senator.<ref name=nytimes/> Pastore was best known taking part in a 1969 hearing involving a $20 million grant for the funding of [[PBS]]. President [[Richard Nixon]] had wanted to cut the proposed funding to $10 million due to the demands of the [[Vietnam War]]. [[Fred Ro