Chuck Grassley

Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from Iowa. He was the 91st Senate President pro tempore from 2019 until 2021. He has been Senator since 1981. He was also in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981.[1] Before that he was in the Iowa state legislature from 1959 to 1974.[2]

Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley official photo 2017.jpg
Official portrait, 2017
United States Senator
from Iowa
Assumed office
January 3, 1981
Serving with Joni Ernst
Preceded byJohn Culver
Dean of the United States Senate
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
President pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 20, 2021
Preceded byOrrin Hatch
Succeeded byPatrick Leahy
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – February 3, 2021
Preceded byOrrin Hatch
Succeeded byRon Wyden
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byMax Baucus
Succeeded byMax Baucus
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded byMax Baucus
Succeeded byMax Baucus
Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byDianne Feinstein
Succeeded byJohn Cornyn
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
Succeeded byLindsey Graham
Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Assumed office
February 3, 2021
Preceded byDick Durbin
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 2015
Preceded byJeff Sessions
Succeeded byPatrick Leahy
Chair of the Senate Aging Committee
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byWilliam Cohen
Succeeded byJohn Breaux
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Iowa's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byH. R. Gross
Succeeded byCooper Evans
Member of the
Iowa House of Representatives
from Butler County
In office
January 12, 1959 – January 3, 1975
Preceded byWayne Ballhagen
Succeeded byRaymond Lageschulte
Constituency
Personal details
Born
Charles Ernest Grassley

(1933-09-17) September 17, 1933 (age 90)
New Hartford, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Barbara Speicher (m. 1954)
Children5
RelativesPat Grassley (grandson)
EducationUniversity of Northern Iowa (BA, MA)
Signature
WebsiteSenate website

In January 2019, Grassley became the most senior Republican serving in the United States Senate due to the retirement of Orrin Hatch[3] and the resignation of Thad Cochran.[4] After the Republicans kept control of the Senate in the 2018 elections, Grassley became the 91st Senate President pro tempore.

In January 2021, when Republicans lost control of the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy became President pro tempore while Grassley became President pro tempore emeritus.

On November 17, 2020, Grassley announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.[5]

In January 2023, withy Patrick Leahy's retirement, Grassley became the Dean of the United States Senate.

Chuck Grassley Media

References

  1. "Grassley, Charles Ernest". Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  2. "Charles Grassley". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. Hook, Janet; Hughes, Siobhan (2 January 2018). Sen. Orrin Hatch Announces He Will Retire at End of Term. https://www.wsj.com/articles/sen-orrin-hatch-announces-he-will-retire-at-end-of-term-1514920790. 
  4. Sullivan, Sean; Kane, Paul (March 6, 2018). Mississippi's Thad Cochran to resign from the Senate after four-decade congressional career. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mississippis-sen-thad-cochran-to-resign-from-the-senate-after-four-decade-congressional-career/2018/03/05/be8477d4-20c0-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html. Retrieved June 23, 2019. 
  5. Segers, Grace (November 17, 2020). "Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, tests positive for COVID-19". CBS News (Washington, D.C.). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-chuck-grassley-covid-exposure-quarantining/. Retrieved November 17, 2020. 

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