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William Roth
Official portrait, c. 1971–1990
United States Senator from Delaware
In office January 1, 1971 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by
John J. Williams
Succeeded by
Tom Carper
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
In office October 1, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by
Bob Packwood
Succeeded by
Max Baucus
Chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
In office January 3, 1995 – October 1, 1995
Preceded by
John Glenn
Succeeded by
Ted Stevens
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by
Abraham Ribicoff
Succeeded by
John Glenn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district
In office January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1970
Preceded by
Harris McDowell
Succeeded by
Pete du Pont
Chair of the Delaware Republican Party
In office April 10, 1961 – May 13, 1964
Preceded by
Ellwood S. Leach
Succeeded by
Clayton S. Harrison Jr.
Personal details
Born
William Victor Roth Jr.
(1921-07-22)July 22, 1921 Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Died
December 13, 2003(2003-12-13) (aged 82) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Jane Richards
(m. 1965)
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Oregon Harvard Business School Harvard Law School
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1943–1946
Unit
Intelligence
Battles/wars
World War II
William Roth's voice
Roth congratulates Joe Biden on his recovery from a brain aneurysm Recorded September 7, 1988
William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone U.S. Representative from Delaware and from 1971 to 2001 as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.[1] He is the most recent Republican to have served as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Roth was a sponsor of legislation creating the Roth IRA, an individual retirement plan that can be set up with post-tax dollars, offering tax-free withdrawals.
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William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World...
part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and is named for Senator WilliamRoth. A Roth IRA can be an individual retirement account containing investments...
Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS). Representative Jack Kemp and Senator WilliamRoth, both Republicans, had nearly won passage of a tax cut during the Carter...
capital gains taxes. The Roth IRA was initially proposed by Senators WilliamRoth of Delaware and Bob Packwood of Oregon 1989, and Roth pushed for the creation...
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was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, defeating Republican incumbent WilliamRoth. He was reelected by landslides in 2006, 2012, and 2018. He serves as...
resigned in protest, triggering the Saturday Night massacre. Ohio Senator William Saxbe, elected in 1968, was appointed attorney general. Both Glenn and...
Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark...
Emery Roth (Hungarian: Róth Imre, died August 20, 1948) was a Hungarian-American architect of Hungarian-Jewish descent who designed many New York City...
became Legislative Assistant for National Security Affairs to Senator WilliamRoth. In 2000, he became a Senior Professional Staff Member for the U.S. Senate...
over Republican physician Jerry Labriola. Veteran Republican incumbent WilliamRoth, seeking his fifth term, fended off a challenge from Charles Oberly,...
was ignored by the press and as he debated alone. Incumbent Republican WilliamRoth ran for re-election to a sixth term, but was defeated by Governor Tom...
various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator WilliamRoth ran for re-election to a sixth term, but he was defeated by outgoing...
Friedrich Roth FRS (29 October 1925 – 10 November 2015) was a German-born British mathematician who won the Fields Medal for proving Roth's theorem on...
Gloria Schaffer, Connecticut Secretary of State Incumbent Republican WilliamRoth won reelection to a second term over Thomas Maloney, Mayor of Wilmington...
recent Congress with Republican senators from the states of Delaware (WilliamRoth), Michigan (Spencer Abraham) and Washington (Slade Gorton), all of whom...
Tim Roth is an English actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Rob Roy. Thompson, Anne (May 22, 2019)....
Richard WilliamRoth (born September 26, 1947) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events...
Katharine K. Roth and William V. Roth III. Her daughter Katherine died in 2014. Gaza, Anne Shea (September 2017). "Hon. Jane Richards Roth, Senior Judge...
27, 1914. They had a son, William M. Roth in 1916, and two identical twin daughters, Lurline Roth Coonan and Berenice Roth Spalding, in 1920. They resided...
1971. Republican Representative WilliamRoth faced Democrat potato farmer Jacob Zimmerman in the general election. Roth defeated Zimmerman by a landslide...
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon, and a member of the Republican Party. He served...
Lillian Roth (December 13, 1910 – May 12, 1980) was an American singer and actress. Her life story was told in the 1955 film I'll Cry Tomorrow, in which...
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