Frank Church

E36973

Democratic Party politician United States senator human

Frank Church was a prominent American Democratic senator from Idaho known for his opposition to the Vietnam War and his leadership of the 1970s Senate committee investigating U.S. intelligence agencies.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician → United States senator → human →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
candidateIn	1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries → 1980 United States Senate election in Idaho →
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer →
chairpersonOf	United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations → United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities →
child	Forrest Church →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1924-07-25 →
dateOfDeath	1984-04-07 →
describedBySource	United States Congressional Biographical Directory →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → Stanford University →
electedIn	1956 United States Senate election in Idaho → 1962 United States Senate election in Idaho → 1968 United States Senate election in Idaho → 1974 United States Senate election in Idaho →
endTime	1981-01-03 →
familyName	Church →
givenName	Frank →
heritage	American of English descent →
introduced	Church Amendment →
knownFor	opposition to the Vietnam War → oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies →
memberOf	United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
nickname	Frank Church →
notableWork	Church Committee →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
opposedTo	Vietnam War →
partOf	United States Senate Democratic Caucus →
placeOfBirth	Boise, Idaho, United States →
placeOfDeath	Bethesda, Maryland, United States →
positionHeld	United States senator →
religion	Methodism →
represented	Idaho →
residence	Boise, Idaho, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Bethine Church →
startTime	1957-01-03 →
workLocation	Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Church Committee →	chairperson
Church Committee →	hasMember
Church (surname) →	hasNotableBearer
Church Committee →	namedAfter
Frank Church →	nickname
Lockheed bribery scandals →	significantPerson