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'''Frank Forrester Church, III''' (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was four-term United States Senator from [[Idaho]], serving from 1957 to 1981.
 
'''Frank Forrester Church, III''' (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was four-term United States Senator from [[Idaho]], serving from 1957 to 1981.
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==Career==
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==Political career==
 
===Early career and environmentalism===
 
===Early career and environmentalism===
 
Frank Church was elected to the Senate in 1957. Similar to [[George McGovern]], he was a liberal politician coming from a conservative state. Originally getting into conflict with then [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]], Church was comforted by [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[William F. Knowland]]. He was known in the Senate for his environmental causes, as he supported and sponsored multiple pieces of [[environmental]] legislation throughout his career, such as a 1964 law that defined wilderness in the United States and a 1968 law that created the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
 
Frank Church was elected to the Senate in 1957. Similar to [[George McGovern]], he was a liberal politician coming from a conservative state. Originally getting into conflict with then [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]], Church was comforted by [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[William F. Knowland]]. He was known in the Senate for his environmental causes, as he supported and sponsored multiple pieces of [[environmental]] legislation throughout his career, such as a 1964 law that defined wilderness in the United States and a 1968 law that created the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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