What is Slade Gorton?
{{Infobox Senator | name=Slade Gorton | nationality=American | image =Slade Gorton, official Senate photo portrait.jpg | imagesize=240px | jr/sr=United States Senator | state=[[Washington (state)|Washington]] | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | term_start=January 3, 1989 | term_end=January 3, 2001 | preceded=[[Daniel J. Evans]] | succeeded=[[Maria Cantwell]] | term_start2=January 3, 1981 | term_end2=January 3, 1987 | preceded2=[[Warren Magnuson]] | succeeded2=[[Brock Adams]] |office3= 14th [[List of Attorneys General of Washington|Attorney General of Washington]] |governor3= [[Daniel J. Evans]]<br>[[Dixy Lee Ray]] | term_start3=1969 | term_end3=1981 | preceded3=John J. O'Connell | succeeded3=[[Ken Eikenberry]] |state_house4 = Washington |district4= |term_start4=1959 |term_end4=1969 | birth_date={{birth date|1928|1|8}} | birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date={{death date and age|2020|8|19|1928|1|8}} | death_place=[[Clyde Hill, Washington|Clyde Hill]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. | alma_mater=[[Dartmouth College]]<br />[[Columbia Law School]] | spouse=Sally Jean Clark (1958–2013, her death) }} '''Thomas Slade Gorton III''' (January 8, 1928 &ndash; August 19, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington state]] from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 2001. He held both of the state's Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice as an incumbent: in 1986 by [[Brock Adams]], and in 2000 by [[Maria Cantwell]] after a recount. Gorton was twice both Senior Senator (1983–87, 1993–2001) and Junior Senator (1981–83, 1989–93). Gorton died on August 19, 2020 in [[Clyde Hill, Washington]] from [[Parkinson's disease]]-related problems at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-u-s-sen-slade-gorton-92-dies/ Former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, a towering figure in Washington state, dies at 92]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Ot