Richard Kneip at a campaign event
- MA74-0326
- 1970-12
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Richard Kneip at a podium speaking to a group at a campaign event. Frank Denholm ia seated behind him.
Richard Kneip at a campaign event
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Richard Kneip at a podium speaking to a group at a campaign event. Frank Denholm ia seated behind him.
Richard Kneip at a Rotary International meeting
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Richard Kneip is speaking to a Rotary Interational gathering. Frank Denholm is seated at the table to the left of Kneip.
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Richard Kenip laughing with another man at an event.
Richard Kneip dancing at a campaign event
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Richard Kneip is dancing with a woman at a campaign event.
Richard Kneip during his 1970 campaign
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Richard Kneip speaking during his 1970 campaign. A woman in a green dress standing in the background.
South Dakota Democratic Party campaign rally supporters
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Group of people holding campaign signs at a South Dakota Democratic Party campaign rally.
South Dakota Democratic Party rally
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Campaign rally for the South Dakota Democratic Party. There is a parade of people, some are holding campaign signs and other are playing musical instruments in a band.
Thomas A. Daschle U.S. Senate Papers
In the 1986 election, Daschle became South Dakota's junior senator by winning 52 percent of the vote in a tight race with Republican Senator James Abdnor. Senator Daschle was appointed to the Finance Committee during his first year in the Senate, an unusual honor for a freshman. In 1988, he became the first South Dakotan ever to hold a Senate Leadership position when he was named the first ever co-chair of the Democratic Policy Committee by then Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell.
When Senator Mitchell retired in 1994, Daschle ran for the post of Democratic Minority Leader and won, 24-23, over Senator Christopher Dodd. Only Lyndon B. Johnson had served fewer years in the Senate before being elected to the Leader position.
Senator Daschle served as Minority Leader from 1994 to 2001, when the Senate became deadlocked with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans for the first time in the Senate's history. Daschle became Majority Leader for 17 days, from January 3 to January 20, because the new congress took office before a new presidential administration. Vice-President Al Gore acted as ex officio President of the Senate to give the Democrats a majority.
Daschle and Trent Lott, the Republican Leader, negotiated for five weeks to invent new rules to share power in an evenly-divided Congress and finally came up with an agreement that was passed unanimously by the Senate. In May of 2001, Republican Senator Jim Jeffords became an Independent, which gave the Democrats a majority in the chamber to make Senator Daschle Majority Leader once again, from June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003. After the 2002 election, Daschle again became Minority Leader for the 108th Congress until his defeat in the 2004 election.
Tom Daschle lost the 2004 election to John Thune by 4,534 votes, a 49%-51% margin. He had been the Democratic Leader for ten years, two years longer than Lyndon B. Johnson, and was the first party leader in a half-century to be voted out of office.
The U.S. Senate papers series of the Daschle Papers is composed of records created by Tom Daschle and his staff during his tenure in the U.S. Senate. Included are trip schedules, speeches, sponsored and cosponsored legislation, and administrative files including financial disclosures, appointments and schedules. This series does not contain much material related to Daschle's campaigns for voting records during this time.
The trip schedules and files regarding his frequent trips back to South Dakota, including quite a few of Daschle's "Trip Notes" which are Daschle's notes to his staff regarding his impressions of the details of the trip and issues and concerns encountered on the trips that he wanted his staff to address.
Also included are files on the Whitewater issue during the Clinton administration, veterans issues, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota Water Projects, the accident of South Dakota Governor Mickelson, and aviation issues."
Daschle, Thomas
William Dougherty at a campaign event
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
William Dougherty, Richard Kneip's running mate in the 1970 election, isstanding next to a podium holding a framed picture of John Kennedy at a campaign event. The podium has a sign attached to the front saying Vote Dougherty Lt. Governor.
Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers
Little boy standing on a street with a Denholm sign in one hand and a toy trumpet in the other hand.