Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood Passes Away

a whole could decide whether to expel Packwood, 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 continue reading …