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