Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by
George Hyde Fallon
Succeeded by
Barbara Mikulski
Constituency
4th district (1971–1973) 3rd district (1973–1977)
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 2nd district
In office January 18, 1967 – January 13, 1971
Personal details
Born
Paul Spyros Sarbanes
(1933-02-03)February 3, 1933 Salisbury, Maryland, U.S.
Died
December 6, 2020(2020-12-06) (aged 87) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Christine Dunbar
(m. 1960; died 2009)
Children
3, including John
Education
Princeton University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
Signature
Paul Sarbanes's voice
Sarbanes opens a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the effects of the Enron bankruptcy on accounting firms Recorded March 14, 2002
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (/ˈsɑːrˌbeɪnz/; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history until he was surpassed by Barbara Mikulski by a single day when her term ended on January 3, 2017.[a] He was the first Greek American senator.
Born in Salisbury, Maryland, Sarbanes was a graduate of Princeton University, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. Elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1966, he went on to serve two terms in the Maryland House from 1967 to 1971. In 1970, he won a seat in the United States House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 4th and later Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1971 to 1977.
In 1976, he ran for the United States Senate, defeating Republican incumbent John Glenn Beall Jr. with 59% of the vote. Sarbanes was re-elected four times, each time receiving no less than 59% of the vote. He did not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Ben Cardin. Sarbanes was known for his low-key style,[1] often shunning the limelight over his thirty-year Senate career. He was a coauthor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which is generally noted as his most noteworthy piece of legislation.[2][3]
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