Dave Durenberger

A Senator from Minnesota. Born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn. , August 19, 1934. Attended the public schools in Collegeville, Minn. Graduated, St. John's Prep School, Collegeville, 1951. Graduated, St. John's University 1955 and University of Minnesota Law School 1959. Admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1959 and commenced practice in St. Paul. Served in the United States Army 1956-1963. Elected in a special election on November 7, 1978, as a Republican to the United States Senate to complete the unexpired term of Hubert H. Humphrey ending January 3, 1983. Reelected in 1982 and again in 1988 and served from November 8, 1978, to January 3, 1995. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1994. Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-ninth Congress). Denounced by the Senate in 1990 for unethical conduct. Indicted in 1993 and again in 1994, and pleaded guilty in 1995 to charges of misuse of public funds while in office, and sentenced to one year of probation. Was a resident of St. Paul, Minn. , until his death on January 31, 2023. Interment in Saint John&rsquo. S Abbey Cemetery, Collegeville, Minn.