Lane Evans

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Lane Evans was an American Democratic congressman from Illinois known for his progressive politics, advocacy for veterans, and early opposition to the Iraq War.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
advocatedFor mental health services for veterans ⓘ
veterans' benefits ⓘ
causeOfDeath Parkinson's disease ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1951-08-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2014-11-05 ⓘ
diagnosedWith Parkinson's disease ⓘ
diagnosisDate 1995 ⓘ
educatedAt Augustana College ⓘ
Georgetown University Law Center ⓘ
endTimeOfPositionHeld 2007-01-03 ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
linked to: Whites
familyName Evans ⓘ
givenName Lane ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for veterans ⓘ
early opposition to the Iraq War ⓘ
progressive politics ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps Reserve ⓘ
notableWork Gulf War veterans' rights advocacy ⓘ
veterans' health care legislation ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposed 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rock Island, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath East Moline, Illinois, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment progressive ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 17th congressional district ⓘ
United States representative ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative
precededBy Tom Railsback ⓘ
reasonForRetirement health concerns related to Parkinson's disease ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedDistrict Illinois's 17th congressional district ⓘ
residence Rock Island, Illinois, United States ⓘ
retiredFromCongress 2006 ⓘ
serviceEnd 1971 ⓘ
serviceStart 1969 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTimeOfPositionHeld 1983-01-03 ⓘ
stateRepresented Illinois ⓘ
succeededBy Phil Hare ⓘ

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