Malcolm Wallop

Malcolm Wallop
United States Senator from Wyoming
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Gale W. McGee
Succeeded by	Craig Thomas
Member of the Wyoming Senate
In office July 6, 1973 – June 5, 1976
Preceded by	John S. Wold
Succeeded by	Craig L. Thomas
Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
In office January 6, 1969 – July 2, 1973
Personal details
Born	(1933-02-27)February 27, 1933 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2011(2011-09-14) (aged 78) Big Horn, Wyoming, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Vail Stebb ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1965)​ Judith Warren ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1981)​ French Carter Gamble Goodwyn ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 2001)​ Isabel Brooke Thomasson Ferguson ​ ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	4
Relatives	Jean Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (sister) Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth (grandfather)
Alma mater	Yale University Cate School
Occupation	cattle rancher

Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician.^[1] He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995.^[2] He was a member of the Republican Party.^[2]

Early years

Wallop was born in

Wallop attended public schools in Big Horn, Wyoming.^[3] He then attended the Cate School in Carpenteria, California.^[3]

He graduated from the

In 1976 Wallop successfully unseated three-term Democratic U.S. Senator Gale W. McGee, winning 55 percent of the vote to win a seat in the United States Senate.^[5]

He made a campaign pledge to serve only two terms, although he went on to serve three. During his Senate tenure, Wallop supported strong

In his first term, Wallop authored the legislation that established the Congressional Award program to recognize outstanding volunteerism among America's youth. The 1977 Wallop Amendment to the Surface Mining Control Act was hailed by property rights advocates for forcing the federal government to compensate property owners whose ability to mine was undercut by regulation. Three years later, Wallop successfully amended the Clean Water Act to protect states' interests.^{[citation needed]}

His bill to cut inheritance and gift taxes in 1981 was a key component of President

In 1977, Wallop was one of nine Senators to vote against the Senate adopting a stringent code of ethics intended to assist with the restoration of public confidence in Congress.[8]

In 1982, Wallop was re-elected by a 14-point margin over Democrat Rodger McDaniel, a Wyoming state legislator. In his second term, Wallop supported the 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative,^[5] a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack from nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.^[9]

In 1988, Wallop won his final term by just 1,322 votes over his opponent, Democratic state senator John Vinich.^{[citation needed]} Wallop's last term was characterized largely by his participation in the foreign policy and trade debates of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was a member of the Helsinki Commission and traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union as an arms control negotiator. Wallop was also a strong advocate of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and U.S. participation in the World Trade Organization.

From 1990 to 1994, he was the ranking Republican member of the Senate

In 1994, Wallop opted out of a race for a fourth term. He was succeeded by Republican Craig Thomas. Upon his retirement from the Senate, The Economist wrote of Wallop: "Although his detractors have steadily grown in number, even Democrats grudgingly admitted to liking his candor and his willingness to be stupendously politically incorrect."^[5]

Post-Senate career

After his retirement from the Senate in January 1995, Wallop founded the Frontiers of Freedom Institute, a Virginia-based non-profit group that lobbies for

In 1996, Wallop served as General Chairman and Executive Director of the Steve Forbes presidential campaign, which succeeded in winning primary victories in Delaware and Arizona.^[6]

Publications

• Wallop, Malcolm. "The Environment: Air, Water & Public Lands," In A Changing America: Conservatives View the 80s from the United States Senate, edited by Paul Laxalt and Richard S. Williamson, pp. 133–56. South Bend, Ind.: Regnery/Gateway, 1980.
• Wallop, Malcolm, and Angelo Codevilla. The Arms Control Delusion. San Francisco: ICS Press, 1987

Honors

• In 2010, the University of Wyoming established the Malcolm Wallop Fund for Conversations on Democracy to support speaker and workshops for students.^[11]
• The University of Wyoming houses Wallop's papers in its American Heritage Center.^[11][3]

Personal life

Wallop was married four times:^[12] He married Vail Stebb in 1956. They yead three sons and one daughter before divorcing in 1965. He married Judith Warren in 1967, divorcing her in 1981. Next, he married French Carter Gamble Goodwyn in 1984; they divorced in 2001. Finally, he married Isabel Brooke Thomasson Ferguson in 2005.

His sister,

Wallop's nephew is George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon, whose family seat in England, Highclere Castle, has achieved prominence as a filming location for the ITV television series Downton Abbey.^[15]

In 2011, Wallop died after a protracted period of illness in Big Horn, Wyoming at the age of 78.^[5]

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