American Decades
Deaths
Edwin R. Adair, 75, representative (R) from Indiana (1951-1971), 7 May 1983.
Sherman Adams, 87, Republican representative (1945-1947) and governor of New Hampshire (1949-1953), White House chief of staff (1953-1958), 27 October 1986.
Joseph P. Addabbo, 61, representative (D) from New York (1961-1986), 10 April 1986.
Hugh J. Addonizio, 67, representative (D) from New Jersey (1949-1962) and mayor of Newark (1962-1970), 2 February 1981.
George D. Aiken, 92, senator (R) from Vermont (1941-1975), 19 November 1984.
Gordon L. Allott, 82, senator (R) from Colorado (1955-1973), 17 January 1989.
J. Lindsay Almond Jr., 87, Democratic representative (1945-1948) and governor (1958-1962) of Virginia, 14 April 1986.
Joseph Alsop, 78, influential conservative political columnist, 28 August 1989.
John Z. "Jack" Anderson, 76, representative...
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1980's Government and Politics
- Overview
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Topics in the News
- Topics in the News
- The Cold War
- The Cold War: Thaw
- The Cold War: Third World Woes
- The Middle East
- The Middle East, Central America, and the Iran-Contra Scandal
- National Politics: Republican Nomination Race 1980
- National Politics: Democratic Nomination Race 1980
- National Politics: 1980 Elections
- National Politics: 1982 Elections
- National Politics: Republican Nomination Race 1984
- National Politics: Democratic Nomination Race 1984
- National Politics: 1984 Elections
- National Politics: 1986 Elections
- National Politics: Democratic Nomination Race 1988
- National Politics: Republican Nomination Race 1988
- The New Right
- Reaganomics
- Headline Makers
- People in the News
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in Government and Politics, 1980–1989
