Letter from Lee AuCoin to Representative Les AuCoin, about the Senate Ethics Committee vote on Senator Bob Packwood
Title
Letter from Lee AuCoin to Representative Les AuCoin, about the Senate Ethics Committee vote on Senator Bob Packwood
Description
Letter from Lee AuCoin to his brother, Representative Les AuCoin, discussing the outcome of the 1995 Senate Ethics Committee vote on Senator Bob Packwood. Three years earlier, shortly after the 1992 election in which Packwood defeated AuCoin for a Senate seat, the Washington Post published a year-long investigation about sexual assault allegations against Packwood. Further investigation revealed that the allegations were true, and in on September 7th, 1995, the Senate Ethics Committee recommended that the Senate expel Packwood. The next day, Packwood resigned. In this letter, which was written on September 9th, 1995, Lee AuCoin discusses the outcome of the investigation and Packwood's subsequent resignation from the Senate. This document is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Creator
AuCoin, Leland
Date Created
1995
Subject
Oregon--Politics and government
Legislators--United States
Nominations for office--United States
Resignation
United States. Congress--Expulsion
Correspondence
Place
Oregon
Identifier
PUA_MS147_134
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type
Text