What is William Proxmire?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Bill Proxmire |image = Senator William Proxmire.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Wisconsin]] |term_start = August 28, 1957 |term_end = January 3, 1989 |predecessor = [[Joseph McCarthy]] |successor = [[Herb Kohl]] |state_assembly2 = Wisconsin |district2 = [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]] 2nd |term_start2 = January 10, 1951 |term_end2 = January 13, 1953 |predecessor2 = John M. Blaska |successor2 = Ervin M. Bruner |birth_name = Edward William Proxmire |birth_date = {{birth date|1915|11|11}} |birth_place = [[Lake Forest, Illinois]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|15|1915|11|11}} |death_place = [[Sykesville, Maryland]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Elsie Stillman Rockefeller (1946–1955)<br />Ellen Hodges Sawall (1956–2005) |children = 4 |education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]], [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]]) <!-- RELIGION REMOVED PER PROJECT-WIDE CONSENSUS AT THE VILLAGE PUMP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_126#RfC:_Religion_in_biographical_infoboxes --> | allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} | branch = [[File:Flag of the United States Army (unofficial proportions).svg|border|20px]] [[United States Army]] | unit = [[Counterintelligence Corps]] | rank = [[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|10px]] [[First lieutenant#U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force|First Lieutenant]] | serviceyears = 1941–1946 | battles = [[World War II]] }} '''Edward William Proxmire''' (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Wisconsin]] from 1957 to 198