Jim Inhofe
James Mountain "Jim" Inhofe (November 17, 1934 – July 9, 2024) was an American politician from Oklahoma. He was a U.S. senator of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2023. In February 2022, Inhofe said he would retire in January 2023.[2]
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![]() Official portrait, 2018 | |||||||||
United States Senator from Oklahoma | |||||||||
In office November 17, 1994 – January 3, 2023 | |||||||||
Preceded by | David Boren | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Markwayne Mullin | ||||||||
Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee | |||||||||
In office September 6, 2018[a] – February 3, 2021 | |||||||||
Preceded by | John McCain | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Jack Reed | ||||||||
Chair of the Senate Environment Committee | |||||||||
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Barbara Boxer | ||||||||
Succeeded by | John Barrasso | ||||||||
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Jim Jeffords | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Barbara Boxer | ||||||||
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 1st district | |||||||||
In office January 3, 1987 – November 15, 1994 | |||||||||
Preceded by | James R. Jones | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Steve Largent | ||||||||
32nd Mayor of Tulsa | |||||||||
In office May 2, 1978 – May 8, 1984 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Robert LaFortune | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Terry Young | ||||||||
Minority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate | |||||||||
In office January 1975 – February 1976 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Donald Ferrell | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Stephen Wolfe | ||||||||
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 35th district | |||||||||
In office January 7, 1969 – January 4, 1977 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Beauchamp Selman | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Warren Green | ||||||||
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 70th district | |||||||||
In office December 29, 1966 – January 7, 1969 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Joseph McGraw | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Richard Hancock | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | James Mountain Inhofe November 17, 1934 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||
Died | July 9, 2024 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged 89)||||||||
Political party | Republican | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Kay Kirkpatrick (m. 1959) | ||||||||
Children | 4, including Molly Rapert | ||||||||
Education | University of Tulsa (BA) | ||||||||
Military service | |||||||||
Allegiance | United States | ||||||||
Branch/service | United States Army | ||||||||
Years of service | 1957–1958 | ||||||||
Rank | Specialist 4 | ||||||||
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Inhofe died of problems caused by a stroke at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 9, 2024, at the age of 89.[3][4]
Jim Inhofe Media
The USS Batfish museum ship in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 2013
A campaign button for Inhofe's 1974 gubernatorial campaign
Inhofe greeting President Ronald Reagan in 1982
Jim Inhofe's official 100th United States Congress photo taken in 1987 after his first election to the United States House of Representatives
Inhofe meeting with Neil Gorsuch in March 2017
Inhofe meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, February 11, 2021
Inhofe shakes hands with Vice Admiral Michael M. Gilday, director of the Joint Staff, before his confirmation hearing for the position of Chief of Naval Operations at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2019.
CODEL James Inhofe during a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, October 27–28, 2014
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, Inhofe displayed a snowball—in winter—as evidence the globe was not warming—in a year that was found to be Earth's record warmest to date. The director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies distinguished local weather in a single location in a single week from global climate change.
References
- ↑ Kane, Paul (December 16, 2017). How the Oldest Senate Ever Is Taking a Toll on the Business of Washington. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/how-the-oldest-senate-ever-is-taking-a-toll-on-the-operations-of-washington/2017/12/16/349f27b8-e1b3-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ↑ Martin, Jonathan (2022-02-24). "James Inhofe, Oklahoma Senator, Is Said to Plan an Early Retirement" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/us/politics/jim-inhofe-senate-retirement.html. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ Krehbiel, Randy; Tim, Stanley (July 9, 2024). "Former U.S. Sen. James Inhofe has died at 89, sources close to family say" (in en). Tulsa World. https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/former-u-s-sen-james-inhofe-has-died-at-89-sources-close-to-family-say/article_3a4ee020-3dfc-11ef-a660-37320fdbca80.html. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (July 9, 2024). James M. Inhofe, Senator Who Denied Climate Change, Dies at 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/us/politics/james-inhofe-dead.html. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
Notes
- ↑ Served as acting chairman in the absence of John McCain from December 2017 – September 6, 2018.[1]
Other websites
Media related to Jim Inhofe at Wikimedia Commons
- Official U.S. Senate Site Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine