Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood Passes Away

he resigned in September 1995.

In 1996, Democrat Ron Wyden won a special election to replace him.

Wyden, who still holds the seat Packwood vacated three decades ago, issued a statement that did not soften the diplomatic tone.

Wyden said, “His horrible history as documented in his own diaries will forever overshadow that public record. Simply put, historians’ continue reading …