Slade Gorton's 9/11 Service

Slade Gorton

Slade Gorton, a former U.S. Senator and Washington State Attorney General, served on the 9/11 Commission. Leveraging his legal and legislative expertise, he conducted rigorous questioning on intelligence sharing and crisis management defects, contributing to unanimous bipartisan recommendations.

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Year	Slade Gorton
1928	Birth of Slade Gorton (Period: January 8, 1928, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States)
1939	World War II (Age: 11 years old, Period: September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945, Gorton's military service 1945–1946, Location: Europe, North Africa, East Asia, and Pacific region)
1946	Dartmouth College (Age: 17 years old, Period: Circa 1946, Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)
1950	Columbia University Law School (Age: 21 years old, Period: Circa 1950, Location: New York City, New York, United States)
1958	Republican Party (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1958–2020, Location: Washington State, Washington, D.C., United States) Marriage (Slade Gorton, Sally Jean Clark, Age: 30 years old, Period: June 28, 1958, Location: United States (specific location unknown))
1959	First election to the Washington State House of Representatives (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1958, in office 1959–1969, Location: Washington State, United States)
1969	Assumption of office as Washington State Attorney General (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1968 election, in office 1969–1981, Location: Olympia, Washington, United States) Washington State consumer protection policy (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1969–1981, Location: Washington State, United States) Environmental protection and marine resource conservation (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1969–1981, 1981–2001, Location: Washington State and Pacific Northwest, United States) Native American tribal treaty and fishing rights issues (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1969–2001, Location: Washington State, Washington, D.C., United States)
1970	Attracting and supporting the retention of the Seattle Mariners (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1970s–1990s, Location: Seattle, Washington, United States)
1981	First election to the United States Senate (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1980 election, in office January 1981 – January 1987, Location: Washington State, Washington, D.C., United States) Political conflict over Native American tribal sovereignty and treaty rights (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1981–2001, Location: Washington State, Washington, D.C., United States) Federal budget and social security policy (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1981–2001, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) National security and military policy (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1981–2001, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1986	Defeat in the 1986 Senate election (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1986, Location: Washington State, United States)
1989	Re-election to the United States Senate (Age: 60 years old, Period: 1988 election, in office January 1989 – January 2001, Location: Washington State, Washington, D.C., United States) Exxon Valdez oil spill (Age: 61 years old, Period: March 24, 1989, Location: Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States)
1996	Activities in the Republican Senate leadership (Age: 67 years old, Period: 1996–2000, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1998	Participation in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton (Age: 69 years old, Period: 1998–1999, Location: Washington, D.C., United States, Federal Senate)
2000	Conflict with Native American tribes in the 2000 Senate election (Age: 71 years old, Period: 2000, Location: Washington State, United States) Defeat in the 2000 Senate election (Age: 72 years old, Period: November 7, 2000, Location: Washington State, United States)
2001	Participation in the National Commission on Federal Election Reform (Age: 72 years old, Period: 2001, Location: United States) National electoral system reform (Age: 72 years old, Period: 2001–2002, Location: United States) September 11 attacks (Age: 73 years old, Period: September 11, 2001, Location: New York City, New York; Arlington, Virginia; Shanksville, Pennsylvania)
2003	Participation in the 9/11 Commission (Age: 74 years old, Period: Appointed in 2002, active 2003–2004, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Post-9/11 national security reform (Age: 74 years old, Period: 2003–2004, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2011	Participation in the Washington State Redistricting Commission (Age: 82 years old, Period: 2011, Location: Washington State, United States)
2012	Participation in the National Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (Age: 83 years old, Period: Circa 2012–2013, Location: United States)
2020	Death of Slade Gorton (Age: 92 years old, Period: August 19, 2020, Location: Home of daughter Sarah Notson in Clyde Hill, King County, Washington, United States) Death (Age: 92 years old, Period: August 19, 2020, Location: Clyde Hill, Washington, United States)
Unknown	Major corruption or criminal misconduct allegations concerning the individual (Period: Information not available) Evanston Township High School (Period: Unknown, Location: Evanston, Illinois, United States)

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