Dan Evans, former Republican governor of Washington and US senator, dies at 98
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dan Evans has died. The popular Republican was 98. He served as governor from 1965 to 1977, and he was the keynote speaker at the 1968 National Republican Convention.
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Dan Evans, 98, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died.
He was a mountain climber and skier, a master yachtsman, an eloquent speaker and, in his first term as governor, a fresh face in national politics who repeatedly be considered for the vice presidency.
Dan Evans, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died. He was 98.
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dan Evans has died. The popular Republican was 98. He served as governor from 1965 to 1977, and he was the keynote speaker at the 1968 National Republican Convention.
Dan Evans created the nation's first state Department of Ecology, which President Richard Nixon used as a model for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Dan Evans, a Republican Washington state governor who later served in the U.S. Senate, has died at age 98; he was the only person to be elected as governor three times until current Gov. Jay Inslee.
Dan Evans, the former governor of Washington who also served in the Senate, died on Friday night at his home in Seattle at the age of 98. Evans was a popular three-term Republican governor. He served as governor from 1965 to 1977 and went on to serve in the Senate from 1983 to 1989. He…
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