John Porter East

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Former U.S. senator

John Porter East was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986. A paraplegic since 1955 because of polio, East was a professor of political science at East... Wikipedia

Born: May 5, 1931, Springfield, IL

Died: June 29, 1986 (age 55 years), Greenville, NC

Books: The American Conservative Movement: The Philosophical Founders and Council-manager Government: The Political Thought of Its Founder, Richard S. Childs

Education: University of Florida, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Earlham College, and more

Party: Republican Party

Previous office: Senator (1981–1986)