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Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015.
Jul 29, 2021 · Carl Levin, a liberal Michigan Democrat who served 36 years in the Senate and scared the wits out of America’s biggest C.E.O.s by demanding explanations for shadowy schemes that hid...
Jul 30, 2021 · Carl Milton Levin was born in Detroit on June 28, 1934, and he stayed in the Motor City for most of his life. After high school, he spent time as a taxi driver and worked on auto assembly plant...
Dec 27, 2021 · Levin, a Democrat who died this year at 87, was from one of metro Detroit’s big political families; the federal courthouse downtown is named after his uncle, his cousin was on the state Supreme...
Jul 30, 2021 · Levin, Michigan's first Jewish senator, served 36 years in the upper chamber starting in 1979 as a supporter of Detroit's automakers, defender of the Great Lakes, and a champion of tax fairness...
Aug 8, 2021 · Biography. Senator Carl Levin was Michigan’s longest serving senator from 1979 until his retirement from the Senate in 2015. In his 36-year Senate career, Levin earned respect from his colleagues on both sides of the political aisle for his integrity, resourcefulness and diligence, and ability to build consensus.
Jul 29, 2021 · First elected to Congress 1978, Levin was the longest-serving US senator in Michigan’s history. A Swarthmore College graduate who earned his law degree at Harvard, Levin prioritized civil...