Paul Wellstone

Paul Wellstone
United States Senator from Minnesota
In office January 3, 1991 – October 25, 2002
Preceded by	Rudy Boschwitz
Succeeded by	Dean Barkley
Personal details
Born	Paul David Wellstone (1944-07-21)July 21, 1944 Washington, D.C.
Died	October 25, 2002(2002-10-25) (aged 58) Eveleth, Minnesota
Political party	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Spouse(s)	Sheila Wellstone (1944–2002)
Children	David Wellstone Mark Wellstone Marcia Wellstone (1969–2002)
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash in Eveleth, Minnesota in 2002.

A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Wellstone was a leader of the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party.