Paul Douglas
American politician
Died when: 84 years 182 days (1013 months)Star Sign: Aries
Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S.
Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967.During his Senate career, he was a prominent member of the liberal coalition.
Born in Massachusetts and raised in Maine, Douglas graduated from Bowdoin College and Columbia University.He served as a professor of economics at several schools, most notably the University of Chicago, and earned a reputation as a reformer while a member of the Chicago City Council (1939–1942).
During World War II, he served in the U.S.Marine Corps, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and becoming known as a war hero.
He was married to Emily Taft Douglas, a U.S.Representative from Illinois's At-large district (1945–1947).
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