Profile
Charles H. Percy
Businessman; U.S. Senator
Male
Born
Sep 27, 1919
Hometown
United States
Died
Sep 17, 2011
Death Place
Washington, D.C.
Political Party
Republican Party
Religion
Christian Science
Nationality
American
Charles Harting Percy was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964. In 1966, he was elected to the United States Senate from Illinois as a Republican; he served for almost twenty years… Read More
Family
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Charles H. Percy
d.2011
children
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Sharon Percy RockefellerDaughter, Age 69
News + Updates
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Charles Percy, Former Illinois Senator, Is Dead At 91NYTimes - Sep 18, 2011
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Book Review: 'Science For The Concerned Citizen: What You Don't Know Can Hurt ... Hnn Huntingtonnews.NetGoogle News - Aug 13, 2011
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Hickenlooper Appoints New Members To Colorado Higher Ed Commission Examiner.ComGoogle News - Aug 12, 2011
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The 'Meltdown' Article; Also 'Passionless' The AtlanticGoogle News - Aug 09, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1919
Birth
Born on September 27, 1919.
TEENAGE
1938
18 Years Old
Percy started at Bell & Howell in 1938 as an apprentice and sales trainee.
1939
19 Years Old
In 1939 he worked at Crowell Collier.
TWENTIES
1945
25 Years Old
Percy served three years in the United States Navy during World War II and returned to the company in 1945.
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He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964.
FORTIES
1964
44 Years Old
Percy first entered electoral politics with a run for governor in 1964, which he narrowly lost to Democratic incumbent Otto Kerner.
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In 1966, he was elected to the United States Senate from Illinois as a Republican; he served for almost twenty years, until 1985, after he was defeated by Paul Simon.
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1967
47 Years Old
In 1967, Senator Percy introduced a bill to establish a program to stimulate production of low-cost housing.
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1968
48 Years Old
While in the Senate, Percy was active in the areas of business and international affairs. Although he explored the possibility of running for President in 1968 and 1976, he did not run either time.
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FIFTIES
1978
58 Years Old
In 1978, as Percy was completing his second term, he appeared invincible.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1984
64 Years Old
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He had been narrowly defeated for re-election in November 1984 by the liberal Congressman Paul Simon.
1998
78 Years Old
After Percy's defeat, no Republican would win a senatorial race in Illinois until Peter Fitzgerald in 1998. In 2006, in writing about the influence of political lobbies on the U.S. relationship with Israel, political theorists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt wrote that they believed Percy's loss resulted from the campaign waged against him by the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
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2011
92 Years Old
He died on September 17, 2011 at the Washington Home and Community Hospice in Washington, D.C..
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