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{{Officeholder
|name=Spencer Abraham
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Jane Abraham
|religion=[[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]<ref>[http://www.zipple.com/newsandpolitics/usnews/20010104_arab_american.shtml Jews unfazed by choice of Arab American for Cabinet]</ref>
|offices=
{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=Energy
|president=[[George W. Bush]]
|number=10th
|terms=January 20, 2001 – January 31, 2005
|preceded=[[Bill Richardson]]
|former=y
|succeeded=Samuel Bodman
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Michigan
|terms=January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
|preceded=Donald Riegle
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Debbie Stabenow]]
}}
}}
'''Edward Spencer Abraham''' (born June 12, 1952) is a politician, attorney, the most recent [[Republican]] senator from [[Michigan]], and the 10th [[Secretary of Energy]] under [[President George W. Bush]].
==U.S. Senate==
Abraham was elected in 1994 to the [[U.S. Senate]], winning over 50% of the vote.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3445 Our Campaigns - MI US Senate]</ref>
During the 1999 Senate impeachment trial of [[Bill Clinton]], Abraham voted to remove the then-president on both articles of impeachment.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/ How the senators voted on impeachment] from 1999</ref>
Abraham ran for re-election in 2000 and lost to [[Debbie Stabenow]] by less than 2% of the vote.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS]</ref> His defeat was largely attributed to pro-mass [[immigration]] policies that elicited party line alienation and [[conservative]] distrust of the senator.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060617185112/http://www.steinreport.com/gigot_331.htm Osama bin Laden is the famous terrorist; Spence Abraham a little-known Republican senator from Michigan.]</ref>
==Political positions==
While Abraham has had a mostly [[conservative]] record, he has been very pro-[[immigration]] compared to his party line,<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Senate/Spencer_Abraham.htm Spencer Abraham on the Issues]</ref> being ranked by Numbers USA at a "C".<ref>[https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/401/gradescoresheet/career Sen. Spencer Abraham's Immigration-Reduction Report Card]</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Michigan]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
|name=Spencer Abraham
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Jane Abraham
|religion=[[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]<ref>[http://www.zipple.com/newsandpolitics/usnews/20010104_arab_american.shtml Jews unfazed by choice of Arab American for Cabinet]</ref>
|offices=
{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=Energy
|president=[[George W. Bush]]
|number=10th
|terms=January 20, 2001 – January 31, 2005
|preceded=[[Bill Richardson]]
|former=y
|succeeded=Samuel Bodman
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Michigan
|terms=January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
|preceded=Donald Riegle
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Debbie Stabenow]]
}}
}}
'''Edward Spencer Abraham''' (born June 12, 1952) is a politician, attorney, the most recent [[Republican]] senator from [[Michigan]], and the 10th [[Secretary of Energy]] under [[President George W. Bush]].
==U.S. Senate==
Abraham was elected in 1994 to the [[U.S. Senate]], winning over 50% of the vote.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3445 Our Campaigns - MI US Senate]</ref>
During the 1999 Senate impeachment trial of [[Bill Clinton]], Abraham voted to remove the then-president on both articles of impeachment.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.vote/ How the senators voted on impeachment] from 1999</ref>
Abraham ran for re-election in 2000 and lost to [[Debbie Stabenow]] by less than 2% of the vote.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm 2000 ELECTION STATISTICS]</ref> His defeat was largely attributed to pro-mass [[immigration]] policies that elicited party line alienation and [[conservative]] distrust of the senator.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060617185112/http://www.steinreport.com/gigot_331.htm Osama bin Laden is the famous terrorist; Spence Abraham a little-known Republican senator from Michigan.]</ref>
==Political positions==
While Abraham has had a mostly [[conservative]] record, he has been very pro-[[immigration]] compared to his party line,<ref>[https://ontheissues.org/Senate/Spencer_Abraham.htm Spencer Abraham on the Issues]</ref> being ranked by Numbers USA at a "C".<ref>[https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/401/gradescoresheet/career Sen. Spencer Abraham's Immigration-Reduction Report Card]</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Michigan]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]